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Kremlin-Backed Nashi Admits Cyberattacking Estonia

Posted by timothy on from the please-send-me-some-polonium-antidote dept.

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."

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  1. Justice by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least we can count on the Russian prosecutors to investigate and extradite those responsible in a timely manner.

  2. Doing them a favor by just_another_sean · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    Absolutely, Nashi was doing them a favor by pointing out the flaws in their systems. I think Estonia should reciprocate and offer them high paying jobs in their IT Department. While slightly misguided these Nashi kids are obviously gifted. Put their talents to use for good and I'm sure nothing could possibly go wrong.

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  3. EULA for bullets by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    By accepting this bullet into your body, you agree that the user of this bullet, that any damage, implicit and otherwise done to you, is not responsible for any damages.

  4. Waiting for the Russian nationalists... by NeutronCowboy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Stories like this are guaranteed to bring out the Russian nationalists... The Estonians deserved it, Nashi is a misunderstood organization, or that it was really just completely normal operation with no nefarious intent. It's always fun to read the ideological contortions used to justify crap like this.

    All I can say is that Russia is acting like a local thug - swinging around its energy club, demanding internatiol recognition and tribute from its vassal states. Not to say that this is a bad way of achieving its goal, but it certainly puts the Kibosh on some historians' argument that the fall of Russian Communism signaled the end of autocratic and thuggish regimes. Instead, this tells me that nationalism (in its ugliest form) is alive and well across the world (including in the US, btw), and that we're in for a whole lot of fun not seen since the dawn of the last century.

    Woo.

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    1. Re:Waiting for the Russian nationalists... by NeutronCowboy · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Uhhhh.... Nashi is sponsored by the Russian government. Its explicit goal is the purging of fascist elements from Russian zones of interests. It is habitually violent, xenophobic and nationalistic. A small, scripted DDOS is actually pretty benign for Nashi's MO. If Estonia wasn't an independent country with close ties to NATO, there would have been a hell of a lot more physical violence coming from Nashi.

      And while you're right that guilt by association is a cheap way to judge people, past experience says that this operation quite likely met with approval at all levels of the organization. In that sense, it's quite like the Russian Government: very few things happen that aren't blessed or encouraged in principle by the head brass.

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    2. Re:Waiting for the Russian nationalists... by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Funny

      All I can say is that Russia is acting like a local thug - swinging around its energy club ...

      Dude, if they have energy clubs, I'm not even going to try stopping them. I mean, DAMN....

  5. Re:Aggression by Em+Emalb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Sir,

    I must tell you that I STRENUOUSLY OBJECT to the SARCASM inherent in your post.

    Please be advised that you will not receive another warning to tone down the sarcasm.

    If your sarcasm levels remain high with regards to the UN, we will be forced to send another letter EVEN MORE STRENUOUSLY OBJECTING THAN THIS ONE responding to your sarcasm.

    Have a wonderful, love-filled day.

    Yours forever,
    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon

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