Estonia accuses Russia of massive Internet attack
The Estonian government recently decided to relocate a Soviet-era war monument from the center of Tallinn to the suburbs. The Kremlin is more than a little miffed and has expressed its displeasure in various ways, including suspending certain rail deliveries of raw materials and passenger service between Tallinn and St. Petersburg. Coincidentally, Estonian Web sites have come under a massive DDoS attack and the Estonian government points a finger at Russia as the culprit. Ars Technica reports:
That’s because some analysts and Estonian authorities are claiming that the attacks originate within Russia, and come from Russian government IP addresses. Prime Minister Andrus Ansip told his country several days ago that “the continuing cyber-attacks from the servers of Russian state authorities, together with tearing the Estonian flag off our embassy and together with statements made by the delegates of the Russian Duma, calling for the change of government in Estonia, indicates that our sovereign state is under a heavy attack.”
The DDoS attack is so severe that it is attracting attention from military experts. According to the article:
The scale of the Internet assault has certainly caught the attention of Western military planners, though, who will no doubt push for defenses against such attacks to be upgraded in their own countries. The Economist reports that NATO dispatched two observers to Estonia and the Americans sent another in order to “observe the onslaught.”
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