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Sunday, August 8, 2010

A New Israel Fund site DDoSed - August 2010

DATE:
2010-08

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Israel

AFFECTED SITES:
lonistom.co.il

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Taken offline

SOURCE COUNTRY:
Australia

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
far-right activists

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
In an "ongoing war against Israeli peace activists and human rights NGOs" the New Israel Fund's site Lo Nistom ("We won't shut up") was DDoSed.

URLS:
1. http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2010/08/06/israeli-rightist-cyber-vandals-take-down-new-israel-fund-site-in-dos-attack/
2. http://www.haaretz.co.il/captain/spages/1183204.html

Posted by  DoSWatch at 7:16 PM
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