Please find below an excerpt from my story on the Georgia-Russia cyber-war, published yesterday. A shorter version appeared on A20 of the Washington Times this morning. You may link to the full-length version on the Web here:
http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2008/08/11/Georgia_blames_Russia_for _cyberattack_on_Web_sites_cell_phones/UPI-37681218494483 Please note that the story remains the copyright property of UPI. For more information about UPI products and services, please get in touch with me or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shaun Waterman UPI Homeland and National Security Editor 202 898 8081 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Georgia blames Russia for cyberattack on Web sites, cell phones By SHAUN WATERMAN, UPI Homeland and National Security Editor Published: Aug. 11, 2008 As Russian forces fought their way into Georgia Monday, Tbilisi said they were also behind a huge cyberattack that disabled government and news Web sites for much of the weekend and may have affected cell-phone service. Russian officials denied they were behind the assaults, which appeared to be the latest in a series of cyberattacks by organized Russian hacker gangs against countries in conflict or tension with the resurgent bear. "Russia is trying to isolate Georgia from the world," Patrick Worms, an adviser to the Tbilisi government, told United Press International in a telephone interview. Worms said a "huge" Distributed Denial of Service attack had taken down the government's network of Web sites and the two non-governmental sites that are the main source for news and information about the country: Interpress and CivicGeorgia. "It is extremely difficult for us to believe that this was not orchestrated at the highest levels" of the Russian government, he said. Over the weekend the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was posting statements and other updates on a blog site operated by Google Inc. "A cyber warfare campaign by Russia is seriously disrupting many Georgian Web sites, including that of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," it said in a statement on the blog site. Worms said most government sites were back online Monday, hosted on "mirror servers" outside Georgia -- including one in Atlanta -- in an effort organized by an international team of virtual volunteers. To read the rest of the story... Click here <http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2008/08/11/Georgia_blames_Russia_fo r_cyberattack_on_Web_sites_cell_phones/UPI-37681218494483> (You have to register to access the story, but it is free and very quick.) Links to Related UPI stories * Georgian president's Web site attacked, Russians blamed <http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2008/07/25/Analysis_Russia_behind_G eorgia_cyberwar/UPI-67821217030339/> * U.S.-Belarus row escalates after cyberattack, expulsions <http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2008/05/02/Analysis_US-Belarus_row_ escalates/UPI-24681209747593/> * Analysis: Cyberattacks on Tibet groups <http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2008/03/24/Analysis_Cyberattacks_on _Tibet_groups/UPI-92601206373884/> (c) 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
