[LINK] cyberwar in Estonia

[Kim Holburn]

Cyberattack in Estonia--what it really means:
http://news.com.com/2008-7349_3-6186751.html
Although this article doesn't mention China

China Crafts Cyberweapons
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132284-pg,1/article.html(News)
China a major cyberthreat, commission warns
http://www.fcw.com/article96975-12-01-06-Web

Red storm rising: DOD’s efforts to stave off nation-state  
cyberattacks begin with China
http://www.gcn.com/print/25_25/41716-1.html

Chinese hackers hit State Department
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/07/12/chinese-hackers-hit-state- 
department/

On 2007/May/29, at 9:29 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:

>
> 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.
>
> [snip]
>
> The Russians have been accused....

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