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DoS Attacks on Estonia Were Launched by Student

Posted by Soulskill on from the modern-techniques-for-making-people-hate-each-other dept.

As_I_Please alerts us to the fact that a 20-year-old Estonian student has been fined for participating in DoS attacks against various Estonian political and governmental websites last May. The situation was notable because it escalated tensions between Estonia and Russia when the latter was accused of initiating the 'cyber-attack'. Quoting: "The fact that a single student was able to trigger such events is particularly ominous when you consider just how many potential flashpoints exist between various countries all over the world. The DoS attack against Estonia is an excellent example of how a cyberattack carried out by a 20-year-old student in response to real-life events further exacerbated an existing problem between two nations."

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  1. In Soviet Estonia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Computers launch students... into space like great hero cosmonauts!

  2. Much worse article at News.com by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 5, Funny
    I read this article at news.com earlier & am now a little bit stupider. Check out this line:

    The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which some security experts have alternatively called a flash mob or the first-ever cyberwar,


    WTF? A DDOS is a flash mob?
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    1. Re:Much worse article at News.com by ScrewMaster · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sure ... when everybody on a crowded highway suddenly decide to get off at the same exit to go lynch somebody.

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    2. Re:Much worse article at News.com by bladesjester · · Score: 4, Funny

      I've always thought a flash mob would be interesting, but I would think the cops would be suspicious of a large group of people in trench coats suddenly starting to gather... :P

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  3. Obligatory Soviet Russia Jokes Thread by Gazzonyx · · Score: 4, Funny
    I hereby declare a single thread dedicated to "In Soviet Russia..." jokes; we might as well keep them all together, as there's too much material for them in this story. I'll kick it off.


    In Soviet Russia, you attack Estonia!


    What do you guys got?

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    1. Re:Obligatory Soviet Russia Jokes Thread by amirulbahr · · Score: 5, Funny

      In Soviet Russia denial services you!

  4. Re:There's another, I think by the_cowgod · · Score: 5, Funny

    There was another kid in the 80s who used an IMSAI 8080 to break into the WOPR over at NORAD... It almost caused a global thermonuclear war.

  5. Re:There's another, I think by Gazzonyx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fortunately, the only winning move was not to play (tic-tac-toe!), and it all ended well!

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  6. flash mob by M.+Baranczak · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then, following a pre-agreed signal, they all simultaneously open their trench coats and show everybody a confusing web GUI full of rounded corners and running on top of a proprietary plug-in.