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First Virtual War

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-had-to-happen-someday dept.

EnglishTim writes "According to this BBC report, the Indonesian government orchestrated a massive 'virtual attack' on the East Timorese server, which is based in Ireland due to the Indonesian refusal to recognise East Timor's sovereignty. "

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  1. Indonesia may release E. Timor//+comment on "War" by D-Fly · · Score: 2

    Ironically, given this so-called Cyber War (read:load of hysterical media crap)launched yesterday, Indonesian government sources are today indicating that they may simply give up on East Timor, possibly giving it complete independence.

    My analysis: With the society teetering on the verge of complete economic collapse, and the government's legitimacy called into question by student massacres and show trials, and fundamentalist/nationalist tendencies on the rise, a fractious colony like E. Timor might just be too much of a headache.

    This so-called "Cyber War" was obviously the work of a bunch of kids, not Indonesian security services.

    A real electronic war would involve, say, disconnecting a country's central bank from the financial network, or disabling the power grid, not crashing some stupid Web server in Ireland.

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