Estonia promises Georgia help in fighting a cyberwar
11.08.2008, 08:55Estonian authorities have promised Georgia
assistance and advice in how to battle in a cyberwar.
Postimees writes that several key websites in Georgia were attacked by
hackers already before the actual military fighting began.
One of the first websites that were affected was that of the President of
Georgia and the government. While the former has now been restored, the
government’s websites is still down.
Estonian officials say that the DDoS attacks targeted against Georgia were
very similar to the attacks made against Estonian websites in 2007 after the
removal of the Bronze Soldier monument.
Unofficially, Estonia and Georgia have been discussing the possibility to
send a special team of online security specialists to Georgia. A representative
of the Development Centre of State Information Systems said that by now Georgia
has not yet made a formal proposal. “This will be decided by the government,”
said the official.