DoS Attacks on Estonia Were Launched by Student

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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In Soviet Estonia...

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Much worse article at News.com

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

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?

Re:There's another, I think

[the_cowgod]

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.

Re:Obligatory Soviet Russia Jokes Thread

[amirulbahr]

In Soviet Russia denial services you!