Georgian websites forced offline in 'cyber war'

[depakid]

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

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Georgia and security experts have accused Russian state-sponsored hackers of breaking into Georgian government and commercial websites as part of a cyber war to supplement Russia's military operations in South Ossetia.

- Official websites hacked
- 'Cyber warfare campaign'
- Site moved

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's official website, as well as the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, the central government site and various commercial sites, have all been forced offline over the past week.

The Georgian Parliament website, parliament.ge, has been defaced by the "South Ossetia Hack Crew". The site's content has been replaced with images comparing Saakashvili to Adolf Hitler.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was forced to set up a blog on Google's Blogger service as a temporary site while it battled to resurrect its official homepage. News site Civil.ge followed its lead, claiming its servers were under permanent attack.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/georgian-websites-forced-offline-in-cyber-war/2008/08/12/1218306848654.html

[chatnoir]

1. "And he will finish the same"

How ironic considering what is being perpetrated against Georgia now and by whom.
It would take a blind man not to see what is really happening and how it will progress.

[dipsydoodle]

2. The South Ossetia Hack Crew are also thought

to be resposible for causing Mr Grigor Saakalargeone, currently playing the Admiral in The Tbilisi Gilbert & Sullivan Societies production of HMS Pinafore , to forget his lines last night.

When asked if this had ever happened before Mr Saaklargeone replied "No, never" at which point the International Press present chimed in with " Not ever ? and Mr Saaklaregone responded "Well - hardly ever"