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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Twitter hacked - December 2009

DATE:
2009-12

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
USA

AFFECTED SITES:
twitter.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Hacked, defaced 2 hours

SOURCE COUNTRY:
Iran

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Hack, defacement

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Twitter redirected to a red and black page with green flag bearing religious slogans. "The page also contained a message in English reads: 'This site has been hacked by the Iranian army on the Internet', in addition to Persian poem says, 'We will strike if our leader is, and will sacrifice our heads if they wish our leader.'" (1) Message also threatened US Government, warning not to interfere in Iranian affairs.

URLS:
1. http://www.shorouknews.com/ContentData.aspx?id=163808

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