The Threat Expert Blog reports that political tensions between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia have spilled over into cyberspace. The IT security blog implies that Russian hackers were behind a DOS attack on the website of the Georgian president, Mikhail Saakashvili.
- Countries:
- Russia, Georgia
- Topics:
- Cyber-Activism, Internet & Telecoms, War & Conflict, Politics
- Languages:
- English
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[...] conflict between Georgia and Russia over the breakway territory of South Ossetia were accompanied by cyber-attacks on several Georgian official government and independent media sites. But rather than prevent [...]