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[quote=BITTERSWEET,359284]For military officials and intelligence agencies around the world, Estonia is considered a precedent with an unsettling message. According to a Swedish study, the Estonian case conclusively demonstrates "that an individual attacker or a group can, with relative ease, significantly disrupt the normal business operations of government agencies and economic activity in another country -- and successfully conceal its involvement." In fact, it is still not clear who was behind the Estonian cyber-attack. Nevertheless, authorities know that the botnets involved had already attacked the Web site of a Russian opposition party in the past.

The attacks on Georgia last summer followed a similar pattern, although in that case they accompanied a real invasion by Russian troops. Once again, it was Russian-language Internet forums that provoked the attack, also providing a list of worthwhile Georgian targets. On "stopgeorgia.ru," a website set up for this purpose, users could download a malicious program called "war.bat," tailored for the attack on Georgian networks.

Because of the attacks a site for the Georgian president had to be taken offline for a day, and on orders from the national bank, Georgia's financial institutions cancelled all electronic banking for 10 days. Hackers also manipulated the contents of Web sites in Georgia. The foreign ministry's home page, for example, suddenly contained a collage of portraits of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Adolf Hitler.

In the Georgian case, many trails also lead to Russia. A NATO report, however, says there is "no conclusive evidence" of official involvement by the Russian government.

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