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In the News: Hacking the T, Georgia on Their Mind and Cyberbullying

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.

Caught in a Cyber-War, Georgia Turns to Googles Blogger

Hopefully you’re not so into the Olympics that you haven’t taken note of the clash between Russia and Georgia. As of the time of this writing, Georgia claims that by capturing a strategic city, Russia has now cut the country in half. But they also claim Russia is conducting a cyber-war, so how is Georgia getting the news out? Enter Google’s Blogger service.

Evidence of Russian Cyberwarfare Against Georgia

An anonymous reader writes "In what seems to be a repeat of what happened in July, a few news sites have mentioned that there is evidence of a campaign against Georgia. For example, both the government's and the president's sites are inaccessible, among other official websites. For some analysis, the RBN Exploit blog demonstrates various traceroutes that have failed to several sites. They also claim that the RBN (Russian Business Network cyber-crime organisation) are behind the attacks, and that 'Many of Georgia's internet servers were under external control from late Thursday,' before the actual war began. Finally, according to this Twitter account of someone in Georgia (written in Russian), he claims that 'Russia has blocked access to Georgian websites from within Russia' (rough translation).

Georgia Hackers? Country Says Russia Using Hackers Against Georgia

Georgia accused Russia on Monday of using computer hackers to wage "cyber warfare" on Georgian government websites at the same time as it carried out a military offensive.

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Georgia breaks ties with Russia

Georgia has decided to cut diplomatic ties with Russia, days after Moscow recognised the independence of Georgia's two breakaway regions.

Georgia cyberattacks lead to questions about risk to US

The recent cyberattacks against Georgia have raised fears that an assault against the US could wreak similar havoc, though there is some reason to believe the US's Internet infrastructure is better equipped to deal with DDoS assaults than the small nation of Georgia. DDoS attacks, however, aren't particularly sophisticated, and it's possible that more advanced attack vectors could cripple the United States more effectively.

Georgia seeks cease-fire, talks

As the battle between Russia and Georgia rages, a man squats amid the rubble of a destroyed street in the town of Gori, Georgia, Monday.

Cyberattack preceded actual Georgia war

TBILISI, Georgia, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Georgia's Internet servers came under attack long before Russia dropped any actual bombs, the first instance of what experts say will become a warfare staple.

Russia says it will begin withdrawal from Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia -- The Kremlin said today that Russia's military would begin withdrawing its forces from Georgia on Monday, though it was not immediately clear how far or how fast the troops would move.

Blog Buzz: Georgia, Penn, and Obama the Pork Artist

Liberals worry that John McCain is beating the drama drums (stupidly), and is doing so with the help of an adviser, Randy Scheuenemann, whose past experience with Georgia is not helpful. Matthew Yglesias argues that the fact that Russia is not actually re-creating the Soviet Union is a knock against people who suggested that it was Nazi Germany. Conservatives argue that Obama should start beating something—drums, whatever—rather than sitting quietly like...Bush. (Both McCain and Obama, by the way, favor NATO membership for Georgia.) And it turns out that the U.S. government had a sense of what was coming, just not its magnitude (maybe we shouldn't just go with implicit understandings with the Russians, eh?). Hot Air's Allahpundit sees a reach for Reagan in McCain's stance.

Russia's Cyberattack on Georgia

While the conflict between Russia and Georgia may not have surprised many in the foreign policy arena, at least one aspect of the conflict was unprecedented. Recent reports have indicated that the Russian invasion of Georgia was preceded by extensive cyberattacks on the country’s government and financial computer systems and these attacks have continued into the occupation period.

Russia and Georgia Engaged In a Cyberwar

doctorfaustus writes "I first picked this up in bits and pieces last week off Daily Rotation. A more in-depth story is available at ZDNet, which reports 'a week's worth of speculations around Russian Internet forums have finally materialized into a coordinated cyber attack against Georgia's Internet infrastructure. The attacks have already managed to compromise several government web sites, with continuing DDoS attacks against numerous other Georgian government sites, prompting the government to switch to hosting locations to the US, with Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs undertaking a desperate step in order to disseminate real-time information by moving to a Blogspot account.' There is a question whether the computer work is being done by the Russian military or others.

Google Maps and Georgia

Astute observers of Google Maps noticed that the country of Georgia lacked any geographic data - it showed no roads, no topography, and no cities. Some thought that the lack of data had something to do with the war there but today Google explained that they just don't have detailed data so they don't show anything. However, they are working to develop at least basic data for countries like Georgia.

US rules out military role in Georgia but warns Russia off

Washington last night ruled out using military force in Georgia after putting the Pentagon in charge of the delivery of aid to the invaded Black Sea state and US non-combat troops on the ground. Robert Gates, the defence secretary, said he saw no prospect of the US engaging militarily in the Caucasus conflict, but warned that Russia's invasion of Georgia could set back its relations with the west for years.

Defiant Cheney vows US will back Georgia for Nato seat

The US vice-president, Dick Cheney, yesterday issued a direct challenge to Moscow's sway over Georgia, pledging Washington's support for its eventual membership of Nato, while denouncing Russia's "illegitimate" invasion. "Georgia will be in our alliance," Cheney said after talks with President Mikheil Saakashvili.

Russia rejects west's call to recognise Georgia

The US and the Europe today demanded that any settlement of the conflict in Georgia had to be based on recognition of the small Black Sea country's territorial integrity. But after overrunning Georgia in five days with troops, tanks, and bombers, Russia rejected the terms.

Fighting escalates in Georgian conflict

TBLISI, Georgia (CNN) -- Georgia's parliament approved a request by President Mikhail Saakashvili on Saturday to impose a "state of war," as the conflict between Georgia and Russia escalated, Georgian officials said.

Georgian president wants state of war declared

TBLISI, Georgia (CNN) -- Georgia's parliament approved a request by President Mikhail Saakashvili on Saturday to impose a "state of war," as the conflict between Georgia and Russia escalated, Georgian officials said.

Anatomy of a cyber war

In the wake of the Russian-Georgian conflict, a week worth of speculations around Russian Internet forums have finallyRussian vs Georgia Cyber Attack materialized into a coordinated cyber attack against Georgia’s Internet infrastructure. The attacks have already managed to compromise several government web sites, with continuing DDoS attacks against numerous other Georgian government sites, prompting the government to switch to hosting locations to the U.S, with Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs undertaking a desperate step in order to disseminate real-time information by moving to a Blogspot account.

Google News Has Russian Army Invading Savannah, GA

theodp writes "If you checked out Google-wannabe Cuil, you learned that mapping search results to relevant images isn't a trivial task. But even Big Dog Google isn't immune to embarrassing graphics gaffes. Readers of Google News were shown that Russian troops are thrusting into the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia, thanks to the Google Maps graphic accompanying a story about Russian incursions into Georgia — the nation-state in the Caucasus, not the Caucasian-pride-ridden state in the southern US. Yahoo! Answers also had some fun with the GA-Georgia mix-up — 'I live in georegia but i dont see rusia no where not even sound but they says theres tanks should i be worrie' (Google cache) — before a spoilsport deleted the question."

Russian cyber attacks crippled Georgian Web sites: Internet firm

Computers in Russia launched intense cyber attacks on Georgian government Web sites while Moscow's military struck in the former Soviet state, a U. S. Internet firm said yesterday. It was not clear if the cyber assaults were orchestrated by the Russian government, organized crime, "hacktivists" or others. Tom Burling, a Tulip Systems executive in San Francisco, said numbers identifying computers on the Internet show machines in Russia were used to attack Web sites for Georgia's presidency and a major television network. Tulip took over hosting for those Web sites on Saturday, a day after Russian forces poured into Georgia after Tbilisi attacked a Moscow-backed rebel province. The distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks began in the weeks running up to the outbreak of the Russia-Georgia conflict and continued on Tuesday after the Krem

Georgia accuses Russia of cutting vital rail line

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Georgia refuses to 'surrender to Russian occupiers'

Georgia today said it would never allow the country "to be broken up into pieces" and accused Russian forces of continuing their offensive after Moscow claimed to have stopped the advance.

Georgia 'pulls out of S Ossetia'

Georgia says its troops have withdrawn from the breakaway region of South Ossetia and that Russian forces are in control of its capital, Tskhinvali.

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