Comments on: Cyber attacks cripple a whole country http://www.andrewpatrick.ca/security-and-privacy/cyber-attacks-cripple-a-whole-country Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:03:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew http://www.andrewpatrick.ca/security-and-privacy/cyber-attacks-cripple-a-whole-country/comment-page-1#comment-1177 Andrew Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:18:56 +0000 http://www.andrewpatrick.ca/uncategorized/cyber-attacks-cripple-a-whole-country/#comment-1177 Here is another follow-up article. Investigators and finding out more about the attacks and it appears that they were probably akin to mob unrest, rather than a coordinated action by a state or group. <i>Three months after May's "information warfare" attacks on Estonia, computer security experts continue to scrutinize the event for clues to the future of digital conflicts. Israeli security expert Gadi Evron, who helped the Estonians with their response, argued here at Chaos Communication Camp, following similar speeches at other recent gatherings, that the attacks were far more akin to a "cyber-riot" than to actual warfare. </i> http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/stonias-lesson-.html Here is another follow-up article. Investigators and finding out more about the attacks and it appears that they were probably akin to mob unrest, rather than a coordinated action by a state or group.

Three months after May’s “information warfare” attacks on Estonia, computer security experts continue to scrutinize the event for clues to the future of digital conflicts.

Israeli security expert Gadi Evron, who helped the Estonians with their response, argued here at Chaos Communication Camp, following similar speeches at other recent gatherings, that the attacks were far more akin to a “cyber-riot” than to actual warfare.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/stonias-lesson-.html

]]> By: Andrew http://www.andrewpatrick.ca/security-and-privacy/cyber-attacks-cripple-a-whole-country/comment-page-1#comment-1057 Andrew Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:28:37 +0000 http://www.andrewpatrick.ca/uncategorized/cyber-attacks-cripple-a-whole-country/#comment-1057 The US government is now helping out with the investigation into what happened. Their motivation is to learn about how they might defend against similar attacks: <blockquote>Garcia said that members of US-CERT could learn how the U.S. should respond if faced with a similar attack. "It's a little bit more complicated than conventional warfare," he said. "It's a little difficult to trace back where a particular attack is coming from, which makes it more difficult to respond." Arbor Networks' Nazario agreed that investigators will get a much clearer picture of how the attacks evolved over time. "They can basically learn what ... technologies and what techniques worked under those attacks," he said. </blockquote> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/070307-after-attacks-us-government-sending.html The US government is now helping out with the investigation into what happened. Their motivation is to learn about how they might defend against similar attacks:

Garcia said that members of US-CERT could learn how the U.S. should respond if faced with a similar attack. “It’s a little bit more complicated than conventional warfare,” he said. “It’s a little difficult to trace back where a particular attack is coming from, which makes it more difficult to respond.”

Arbor Networks’ Nazario agreed that investigators will get a much clearer picture of how the attacks evolved over time. “They can basically learn what … technologies and what techniques worked under those attacks,” he said.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/070307-after-attacks-us-government-sending.html

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