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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Ura.ru (Russia) hacked - July 2010

DATE:
2010-07

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Russia

AFFECTED SITES:
ura.ru

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Hacked, content changed

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Hack

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Several articles on this major media outlet were changed by hackers. Hacked versions were critical of regional and federal authorities.

URLS:
1. http://www.needfirewall.com/news/russia-hackers-provoke-closure-of-the-major-news-website/

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