English assassin
05-17-2007, 11:12
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2081438,00.html
Russia accused of unleashing cyberwar to disable Estonia
A three-week wave of massive cyber-attacks on the small Baltic country of Estonia, the first known incidence of such an assault on a state, is causing alarm across the western alliance, with Nato urgently examining the offensive and its implications.
While Russia and Estonia are embroiled in their worst dispute since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a row that erupted at the end of last month over the Estonians' removal of the Bronze Soldier Soviet war memorial in central Tallinn, the country has been subjected to a barrage of cyber warfare, disabling the websites of government ministries, political parties, newspapers, banks, and companies
Without naming Russia, the Nato official said: "I won't point fingers. But these were not things done by a few individuals.
"This clearly bore the hallmarks of something concerted. The Estonians are not alone with this problem. It really is a serious issue for the alliance as a whole."
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William Gibson I salute you.
OK, so the cyberthing is interesting (next time we are at war, will we even know it?) but in the short term its the fact that its yet another example of the ex-spook in the kremlin's "robust" approach to foreign affairs that worries me a bit more.
Russia accused of unleashing cyberwar to disable Estonia
A three-week wave of massive cyber-attacks on the small Baltic country of Estonia, the first known incidence of such an assault on a state, is causing alarm across the western alliance, with Nato urgently examining the offensive and its implications.
While Russia and Estonia are embroiled in their worst dispute since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a row that erupted at the end of last month over the Estonians' removal of the Bronze Soldier Soviet war memorial in central Tallinn, the country has been subjected to a barrage of cyber warfare, disabling the websites of government ministries, political parties, newspapers, banks, and companies
Without naming Russia, the Nato official said: "I won't point fingers. But these were not things done by a few individuals.
"This clearly bore the hallmarks of something concerted. The Estonians are not alone with this problem. It really is a serious issue for the alliance as a whole."
.
William Gibson I salute you.
OK, so the cyberthing is interesting (next time we are at war, will we even know it?) but in the short term its the fact that its yet another example of the ex-spook in the kremlin's "robust" approach to foreign affairs that worries me a bit more.