Estonia Hit by 'Moscow Cyber War' - UPDATE
Estonia says the country's websites have been under heavy attack for the past three weeks, blaming Russia for playing a part in the cyber warfare.More here.
Many of the attacks have come from Russia and are being hosted by Russian state computer servers, Tallinn says. Moscow denies any involvement.
Estonia says the attacks began after it moved a Soviet war memorial in Tallinn. The move was condemned by the Kremlin.
A NATO spokesman said the organisation was giving Estonia technical help.
"In the 21st century it's not just about tanks and artillery," NATO spokesman James Appathurai told BBC News.
Additional background information can be found here, here, here, here and here.
UPDATE: 11:02 PDT: A UPI article quotes Estonian foreign minister, Urmas Paet, as saying "When there are attacks coming from official (Internet protocol) addresses of Russian authorities and they are attacking not only our Web sites but our mobile phone network and our rescue service network, then it is already very dangerous." Details here.
posted by Fergie @ 5/17/2007 10:27:00 AM
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