[LINK] cyberwar in Estonia

[Jan Whitaker]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/technology/29estonia.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

War Fears Turn to Cyberspace in Estonia

TALLINN, Estonia, May 24 — When Estonian 
authorities began removing a bronze statue of a 
World War II-era Soviet soldier from a park in 
this bustling Baltic seaport last month, they 
expected violent street protests by Estonians of Russian descent.

They also knew from experience that “if there are 
fights on the street, there are going to be 
fights on the Internet,” said Hillar Aarelaid, 
the director of Estonia’s Computer Emergency 
Response Team. After all, for people here the 
Internet is almost as vital as running water; it 
is used routinely to vote, file their taxes, and, 
with their cellphones, to shop or pay for parking.

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The Russians have been accused....


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