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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Dosh (Chechnya) hacked - December 2009

DATE:
2009-12

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Chechnya/Russia

AFFECTED SITES:
doshdu.ru

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
n/a

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Hack

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Chechnyan independent news site Dosh, which covers human rights issues, was hacked. Attacks take places on the site regularly. This attack was "not on schedule," after a media report that the site received a Reporters Without Borders award.

URLS:
1. http://www.newsland.ru/News/Detail/id/441275/

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