I'm sorry, I forgot to link the actual website. http://www.stopgeorgia.ru
On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 17:32 -0400, William McAfee wrote: > I would like to point out one of the websites where the Russian side of > things appears to be collaborating. I have no reason to believe the > Russian government is actively performing visible consequence attacks on > Georgia. If the Russian government actually is performing attacks, it > is most likely SIGINT work, backend communications disruption, etc. > > On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 16:20 -0400, Static Rez wrote: > > The only cyber wars going on in government are probably done > > discreetly without any side even knowing it's occuring. it's called > > SPYING. But i do not, personally, have any proof of this. > > > > sr. > > > > On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Radoslav Dejanović > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul Ferguson wrote: > > > > > Also, I wish to say: > > > > > > "It is clear that there are anti-Georgian forces at work on > > the > > > Internet." > > > > > > "Who they are, and what their motivations are 9at this > > point), > > > remains to be seen." > > > > > > Just for the record... > > > > There were in the past several such "cyber wars" between > > Croatia and > > Serbia, with the scenario not quite unlike this one. The > > scenario is as > > follows: > > > > 1. there's some political tension between countries; > > > > 2. someone on one side decides that it would be highly > > patriotic to > > attack servers on the other side; > > > > 3. someone on the other side retaliates by attacking other > > country's > > servers; > > > > 4. more individuals join in, adding to the magnitude of the > > event; > > clueless media joins in with headlines like "brave local > > patriots are > > hacking the (evil) other side into oblivion; we have won the > > real war, > > we're going to win this one too"; > > > > 5. governments do not quite understand what is going on, but > > they do not > > intervene because they can get some political points out of > > that mess > > (cracked government web pages are collateral damage and in > > fact good for > > propaganda); > > > > 6. after some time, the "cyberwar" ceases. > > > > > > IMHO, what is going on in Georgia is a scenario like the one > > above. I > > don't think there's any real cyberwar between governments > > going on, but > > in fact local groups of people who believe that they're > > showing their > > patriotism. Therefore: > > > > - who they are: groups of individuals, not a state operated > > force > > > > - what are their motivations: showing patriotism and having a > > "legitimate" target to practice "cyberwar", as nobody is going > > to > > prosecute a patriotic attack on enemy country's > > infrastructure. > > > > - how to end it: it will end by itself. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
