Cyberattacks knock out Georgia's Internet presence

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    Large-scale attacks, traffic rerouting traced to Russian hacker hosting network

    August 11, 2008 (Computerworld) Hackers, perhaps affiliated with a well-known Russian criminal network, have attacked and hijacked Web sites belonging to Georgia, the former Soviet republic now in the fourth day of war with Russia, a security researcher claimed on Sunday.

    Some Georgian government and commercial sites are unavailable, while others may have been hijacked, said Jart Armin, a researcher who tracks the notorious Russian Business Network (RBN), a malware and criminal hosting network.

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  2. scubita

    scubita Peon

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    Cyber war huh? Hope the good guys win :) Btw, who the hell are the good guys in here?
     
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  3. SuviCyriacNadakuzhackal

    SuviCyriacNadakuzhackal Well-Known Member

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    That is in the eye of the one who is judging!!

    The hackers must be russian military themselves...
     
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  4. Lemon116

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    Russian bullies if you ask me.

    This kind of 'war' contributes nothing to end this crisis.
     
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    Russian sites are not avaliabe from Georgia side, not vica versa.
     
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    Hey Lemon, russian top info sites like (rian.ru) were DDosed and were unavailable 2 days ago. Seems like you can only see georgia as a victim. Im glad they got hacked. Its about time.
     
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  7. Lemon116

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    I read and post what I find online.

    Thats why youre here, to show me the other side of the coin. :)
     
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    I feel bad for any webmaster affected by this who was making money. Hopefully they have backup plans.
     
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    On the international info arena we are far behind Georgia, thats a fact. Nevermind.
     
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