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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Mustafa Hosny's website (Egypt) defaced - August 2010

DATE:
2010-08

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Egypt

AFFECTED SITES:
mustafahosny.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Defaced, down for an hour

SOURCE COUNTRY:
Iran

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
Hack, defacement

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Islamic televangelist's site defaced. Defacement text in part read "any act against the enemies of Iran will not remain without a response" (1)

URLS:
1. http://www.shorouknews.com/ContentData.aspx?ID=277548

Posted by  DoSWatch at 3:24 PM
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