http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/21/blogging.internet



By Bobbie Johnson

The Guardian,

August 21 2008



When Russian tanks rolled into Georgia, it brought back memories of 

Soviet-era military conquest - a reminder of the cold war. But whether 

by accident or design, the fight for South Ossettia appears to have 

given us a taste of the future as well, with internet attacks on 

Georgian computer systems resulting in theories about 21st-century 

warfare spilling out everywhere. The BBC said the situation represented 

a "virtual echo of battles being fought on the ground", while 

Slate.com's Evgeny Morozov even enlisted as a Russian cybersoldier to 

see what was really happening. But while the past fortnight has seen 

plenty of conjecture, there's been very little hard evidence about the 

conflict that's taking place in cyberspace.



We do know a few things, though. After the military situation escalated, 

some prominent Georgian websites came under attack - though right now we 

cannot quite be sure where the strikes came from. We also know that the 

Georgian government enlisted the help of the regional experts in Estonia 

(themselves hardly bosom pals with Russia) as well as using the might of 

Google as a deterrent by shifting some important government websites on 

to Blogger.com.



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