On Sat, 7 Mar 2009, Viktor Larionov wrote: > Exactly. > Neither does our local press here, they took it all serious.
Its been a quiet couple of days. > vik > > _____ Original message _____ > Subject: Re: [funsec] Behind The Estonia Cyber Attacks > Author: "Gadi Evron" <[email protected]> > Date: 07th March 2009 5:33:53 > > They don't understand Russian humour. > > On Fri, 6 Mar 2009, Paul Ferguson wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Via Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty. >> >> [snip] >> >> In the spring of 2007, a cyberattack on Estonia blocked websites and >> paralyzed the country's entire Internet infrastructure. At the peak of the >> crisis, bank cards and mobile-phone networks were temporarily frozen, >> setting off alarm bells in the tech-dependent country -- and in NATO as >> well. >> >> The cyberattacks came at a time when Estonia was embroiled in a dispute >> with Russia over the removal of a Soviet-era war memorial from the center >> of Tallinn. Moscow denied any involvement in the attacks, but Estonian >> officials were convinced of Russia's involvement in the plot. >> >> A new blog post [1] for Ekho Moskvy makes a startling revelation about the >> 2007 attacks. The post, by journalist Nargiz Asadova -- a columnist for RIA >> Novosti based in Washington, and an Ekho Moskvy host -- describes a March 3 >> panel discussion between Russian and American experts on information >> warfare in the 21st century. >> >> Asadova, who was moderating the discussion, asked why Russia is routinely >> blamed [2] for the cyberattacks in Estonia and Georgia, where government >> sites were seriously disrupted during the August war. >> >> She might not have been expecting the answer she got from Sergei Markov, a >> State Duma Deputy from the pro-Kremlin Unified Russia party: "About the >> cyberattack on Estonia... don't worry, that attack was carried out by my >> assistant. I won't tell you his name, because then he might not be able to >> get visas." >> >> Markov, a political analyst who has long been one of Vladimir Putin's >> glibbest defenders, went on to explain that this assistant happened to be >> in "one of the unrecognized republics" during the dispute with Estonia and >> had decided on his own that "something bad had to be done to these >> fascists." So he went ahead and launched a cyberwar. >> >> "Turns out it was purely a reaction from civil society," Markov reportedly >> said, adding ominously, "and, incidentally, such things will happen more >> and more." >> >> In Russia, Markov's confession is all over the blogosphere, but has yet to >> be picked up by the Russian media. >> >> >> [snip] >> >> More: >> http://www.rferl.org/Content/Behind_The_Estonia_Cyberattacks/1505613.html >> >> Hat-tip: Intelfusion >> http://intelfusion.net/wordpress/?p=544 >> >> >> - - ferg >> >> [1] http://www.echo.msk.ru/blog/n_asadova/576689-echo/ >> [2] >> http://www.rferl.org/content/Georgian_Government_Accuses_Russia_Of_Cyberwar >> /1190477.html >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) >> >> wj8DBQFJsdMzq1pz9mNUZTMRAmNUAKDT2H5goBEArOtg7EyMgHc/6P1dKwCgniQi >> UMHNKcc3TTHSexuE89XfVRU= >> =1xsY >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> >> >> -- >> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson >> Engineering Architecture for the Internet >> fergdawgster(at)gmail.com >> ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. >> https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec >> Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >> > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
