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The Real Impact of the Estonian Cyberattack

Posted by Zonk on from the mad-world-it's-a-mad-world dept.

An anonymous reader writes "News.com offers up an interview with Arbor Networks' senior security researcher Jose Nazario. He takes stock of the denial-of-service attack against the Baltic nation of Estonia, and considers the somewhat disturbing wider implications from the event. 'You look around the globe, and there's basically no limit to the amount of skirmishes between well-connected countries that could get incredibly emotional for the population at large. In this case, it has disrupted the Estonian government's ability to work online, it has disrupted a lot of its resources and attention. In that respect, it's been effective. It hasn't brought the government to a crippling halt, but has essentially been effective as a protest tool. People will probably look at this and say, That works. I think we're going to continue to do this kind of thing. Depending on the target within the government, it could be very visible, or it could not be very visible.'"

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  1. How insightful! by Cutie+Pi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Depending on the target within the government, it could be very visible, or it could not be very visible.

    Yep, that pretty much sums up the possible outcomes.

    1. Re:How insightful! by iONiUM · · Score: 3, Funny

      hey HEY! I was thinking there could be a third option, translucently visible, or like visible only on the 3rd moon of the 18th month of the 22nd year after the year of the tortoise.. this narrowed it down a lot.

    2. Re:How insightful! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Come on, there are an infinite number of ways to hold your tounge and squint.

      On the other hand, there are not an infinite number of ways to spell "tongue".

    3. Re:How insightful! by HiggsBison · · Score: 2, Funny

      Come on, there are an infinite number of ways to hold your tounge and squint.

      On the other hand, there are not an infinite number of ways to spell "tongue".

      Yes, but 'e was clearly spelling "tounge", then, wasn't 'e?

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  2. Optimus Prime? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Damn my Asperger's. I thought we were under attack from Cybertron...

  3. Botnet? by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 2, Funny

    A trivial threat compared to posting the major web addresses on Slashdot.

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