Cyberwarfare Against Georgia
Cyberwarfare has moved from science fiction to hard military fact. Do you need proof? Last week, computer experts from Estonia traveled to Georgia to keep the country's networks running amid the latter nation's intense military confrontation with Russia. Estonia was also hosting Georgia's Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Web site, which had been under sustained attack over the previous few days. The Web site for Georgia's president, Mikheil Saakashvili, was back up after being knocked offline by a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack from a botnet based on the MachBot code — the same protocol known to be used by Russian bot herders. At one point, Russian hackers defaced the Web site for Georgia's parliament by inserting a large image of the Georgian president next to Adolf Hitler. Some Georgian sites have been moved to North American servers for safety. Details about Georgia's recent technology issues can be found at ComputerworldUK.
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