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Kremlin-Backed Nashi Admits Cyberattacking Estonia
An anonymous reader writes "Russia's Kremlin-based youth movement Nashi admits being responsible for 2007 cyberattacks against Estonia. An interesting point is that when you DDoS the systems, it's not the fault of some people who want to crash it but instead the systems' for blocking their users due to technical limitations. So if I shot someone to death it's not my fault for shooting them, but theirs instead because of technical limitations of their body."
*sound of canned laughter*
He's here all week, folks, don't forget to tip your server! Try the fish!
Seriously, if the Russian thug-ernment is behind these asswipes, what makes you think they'll face any consequences?
An interesting point is that when you DDoS the systems, it's not the fault of some people who want to crash it but instead the systems' for blocking their users due to technical limitations. So if I shot someone to death it's not my fault for shooting them, but theirs instead because of technical limitations of their body.
It's the "I'm not touching you I'm not touching I'm not touching you" defense!
By that logic, we should just go ahead and nuke Russia now. It's not really our fault that they don't have a viable missile defense system.