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Professionals said to be behind hack attack on Russell Tribunal website
8 November 2011
As the second day of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine’s South Africa session was underway in Cape Town on Sunday, the tribunal’s website was taken offline by a sophisticated cyber attack. The internet consultant who founded the Russell Tribunal website says the attack was “no amateur attempt”. UPDATE, 9 November: The site is finally back up as of this morning. It took 1&1 four days to restore service. Read more about Professionals said to be behind hack attack on Russell Tribunal website