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Cyber Attacks Harass Kremlin Critics
From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 00:49:15 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via USA Today (AP). [snip] A political battle is raging in Russian cyberspace. Opposition parties and independent media say murky forces have committed vast resources to hacking and crippling their websites in attacks similar to those that hit tech-savvy Estonia as the Baltic nation sparred with Russia over a Soviet war memorial. While they offer no proof, the groups all point the finger at the Kremlin, calling the electronic siege an attempt to stifle Russia's last source of free, unfiltered information. The victims, who range from liberal democrats to ultranationalists, allege their hacker adversaries hope to harass the opposition with the approach of parliamentary elections in December and presidential elections in next March. [snip] More: <http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/cyber-attacks-kremlin-c ritics.htm> - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.2 (Build 2014) wj8DBQFGhvoHq1pz9mNUZTMRAqtPAKC2iqz7reOEqaEE5ZuMM9Y617RndACgwJyp eLgkff81Wg6ySuNHyudhd28= =wzZo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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