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Wed, Jan 26, 2011 2:05 PM
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Entry Title: WHID 2011-25: Mail & Guardian website taken down after
hacker attack
WHID ID: 2011-25
Date Occurred: January 26, 2011
Attack Method: Unknown
Application Weakness: Unknown
Outcome: Downtime
Attacked Entity Field: News
Attacked Entity Geography: South Africa
Incident Description: The Mail & Guardian Online, one of South Africa’s
oldest news website, has been taken offline.
Mail & Guardian editor Nic Dawes said on Twitter that the website is
‘under sustained attack by hackers’ and that it was taken offline to
protect the security of their users. According to Dawes the attacks
originate in Russia.
Mass Attack: No
Reference:
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/17999-Mail-Guardian-website-taken-down-after-hacker-attack.html
Attack Source Geography: Russia
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Sent to you by wasc-whid via Google Reader: WHID 2011-25: Mail &
Guardian website taken down after hacker attack via Default WHID View
on 1/26/11
Entry Title: WHID 2011-25: Mail & Guardian website taken down after
hacker attack
WHID ID: 2011-25
Date Occurred: January 26, 2011
Attack Method: Unknown
Application Weakness: Unknown
Outcome: Downtime
Attacked Entity Field: News
Attacked Entity Geography: South Africa
Incident Description: The Mail & Guardian Online, one of South Africa’s
oldest news website, has been taken offline.
Mail & Guardian editor Nic Dawes said on Twitter that the website is
‘under sustained attack by hackers’ and that it was taken offline to
protect the security of their users. According to Dawes the attacks
originate in Russia.
Mass Attack: No
Reference:
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/17999-Mail-Guardian-website-taken-down-after-hacker-attack.html
Attack Source Geography: Russia
Things you can do from here:
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favorite sites