Table 8.1
TIMELINE OF MAJOR POLITICAL EVENTS AND RECENT CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST BURMESE
OPPOSITION WEB SITES
Date
Event
August 8, 1988
Massive protests led by student activists in Burma known as
the 8888 uprising
August – October 2007
Series of antigovernment protests led by Buddhist monks in
Burma dubbed the “ Saffron Revolution ”
September 27, 2007
Military junta shutdown of access to the Internet within Burma
October 13, 2007
Internet access in Burma reconnected
September 2007
The Irrawaddy Web site infected with Trojan
July 2008
DDoS attack on Mizzima News Web site
July 2008
DDoS attack on Democratic Voice of Burma Web site
September 17, 2008
DDoS attack on Democratic Voice of Burma Web site
September 17, 2008
DDoS attack on New Era Journal Web site
September 17, 2008
DDoS attack on The Irrawaddy Web site
October 2008
Defacement attack on Mizzima News Web site
August 8, 2009
DDoS attack on Mizzima News Web site
September 2010
DDoS attack on Mizzima News Web site
September 2010
DDoS attack on Democratic Voice of Burma Web site
September 2010
DDoS attack on The Irrawaddy Web site
Sources: “ Burmese Exiles ’ Leading Media Websites under Attack 20 July 2008, ” Burma New International, July 30, 2008, http://www.bnionline.net/media-alert/4590-burmese-exiles-leading-mediawebsites-under-attack-30-july-2008.html; “ Press Release: DVB Web Site Hit by DDoS Attack, ”
Democratic Voice of Burma, July 25, 2008, http://www.dvb.no/uncategorized/press-release-dvb-web
-site-hit-by-ddos-attack/1256; “ Websites of Three Burmese News Agencies in Exile under Attack, ” All
Burma IT Students ’ Union, September 17, 2008, http://www.abitsu.org/?p=2502; Aung Zaw, “ The
Burmese Regime ’ s Cyber Offensive, ” The Irrawaddy, September 18, 2008, http://www.irrawaddy.org/
opinion_story.php?art_id=14280; Muchancho Enfermo, “ Burma: Sri Lanka – Based Myanmar Media
Website Attacked Again, ” Ashin Mettacara, March 17, 2009, http://www.ashinmettacara.org/2009/
03/burma-sri-lanka-based-myanmar-media.html;
http://www.ashinmettacara.org/2009/01/burmamyanmar-sri-lanka-based-burmese.html; “ Fresh Attack on Mizzima Website, ” Mizzima News, August
8, 2009, http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/2599-fresh-attack-on-mizzima-website.html;
Alex Ellgee, “ Another Opposition Website Shut Down by Hackers, ” The Irrawaddy, June 19, 2010,
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18759; Committee to Protect Journalists, “ Burma ’ s Exile
Media Hit by Cyber-attacks, ” http://cpj.org/2010/09/burmas-exile-media-hit-by-cyber-attacks.php.
TIMELINE OF MAJOR POLITICAL EVENTS AND RECENT CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST BURMESE
OPPOSITION WEB SITES
Date
Event
August 8, 1988
Massive protests led by student activists in Burma known as
the 8888 uprising
August – October 2007
Series of antigovernment protests led by Buddhist monks in
Burma dubbed the “ Saffron Revolution ”
September 27, 2007
Military junta shutdown of access to the Internet within Burma
October 13, 2007
Internet access in Burma reconnected
September 2007
The Irrawaddy Web site infected with Trojan
July 2008
DDoS attack on Mizzima News Web site
July 2008
DDoS attack on Democratic Voice of Burma Web site
September 17, 2008
DDoS attack on Democratic Voice of Burma Web site
September 17, 2008
DDoS attack on New Era Journal Web site
September 17, 2008
DDoS attack on The Irrawaddy Web site
October 2008
Defacement attack on Mizzima News Web site
August 8, 2009
DDoS attack on Mizzima News Web site
September 2010
DDoS attack on Mizzima News Web site
September 2010
DDoS attack on Democratic Voice of Burma Web site
September 2010
DDoS attack on The Irrawaddy Web site
Sources: “ Burmese Exiles ’ Leading Media Websites under Attack 20 July 2008, ” Burma New International, July 30, 2008, http://www.bnionline.net/media-alert/4590-burmese-exiles-leading-mediawebsites-under-attack-30-july-2008.html; “ Press Release: DVB Web Site Hit by DDoS Attack, ”
Democratic Voice of Burma, July 25, 2008, http://www.dvb.no/uncategorized/press-release-dvb-web
-site-hit-by-ddos-attack/1256; “ Websites of Three Burmese News Agencies in Exile under Attack, ” All
Burma IT Students ’ Union, September 17, 2008, http://www.abitsu.org/?p=2502; Aung Zaw, “ The
Burmese Regime ’ s Cyber Offensive, ” The Irrawaddy, September 18, 2008, http://www.irrawaddy.org/
opinion_story.php?art_id=14280; Muchancho Enfermo, “ Burma: Sri Lanka – Based Myanmar Media
Website Attacked Again, ” Ashin Mettacara, March 17, 2009, http://www.ashinmettacara.org/2009/
03/burma-sri-lanka-based-myanmar-media.html;
http://www.ashinmettacara.org/2009/01/burmamyanmar-sri-lanka-based-burmese.html; “ Fresh Attack on Mizzima Website, ” Mizzima News, August
8, 2009, http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/2599-fresh-attack-on-mizzima-website.html;
Alex Ellgee, “ Another Opposition Website Shut Down by Hackers, ” The Irrawaddy, June 19, 2010,
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18759; Committee to Protect Journalists, “ Burma ’ s Exile
Media Hit by Cyber-attacks, ” http://cpj.org/2010/09/burmas-exile-media-hit-by-cyber-attacks.php.