The timing is suspicious: Just as Russian tanks began their physical assaults on Georgia’s armies, that country’s civilian communications infrastructure started coming under attack in cyberspace. Yet there is no direct evidence that ties this Internet warfare to the Russian government, and it may stay that way even as Georgia’s president shifts his Web site to a hosting company in another Georgia — the one with the U.S. city of Atlanta as its capital.
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Security Experts: No Smoking Gun in Georgian Cyber Attacks
Posted by: Renay San Miguel August 12, 2008 01:58 PMThe timing is suspicious: Just as Russian tanks began their physical assaults on Georgia’s armies, that country’s civilian communications infrastructure started coming under attack in cyberspace. Yet there is no direct evidence that ties this Internet warfare to the Russian government, and it may stay that way even as Georgia’s president shifts his Web site to a hosting company in another Georgia — the one with the U.S. city of Atlanta as its capital.