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Russia: Wildfire News Website Suspected to Be Attacked

Written byGregory Asmolov
Posted 9 August 2010 12:09 GMT

LJ-user irka-knopkina writes [RUS] about a Vyksa city website [RUS] that is allegedly DDoS'ed for posting information about wildfires. Administration of a local factory prohibited access to the website to its employees, blogger added. Vyksa and surrounding areas were hit by severe wildfires recently.

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