Estonia recruits volunteer army of 'cyber warriors'

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/estonia/11564163/Estonia-recruits-volunteer-army-of-cyber-warriors.html

By David Blair
Tallinn
telegraph.co.uk
26 Apr 2015

Estonia has recruited a "ponytail army" of volunteer computer experts who 
stand ready to defend the nation against cyber attack.

The country's reserve force, the Estonian Defence League, has a Cyber Unit 
consisting of hundreds of civilian volunteers, including teachers, lawyers 
and economists.

The Baltic nation of 1.3 million people is one of the most technologically 
advanced in the world: almost every banking transaction takes place online 
and 30 per cent of all votes in the last general election were cast 
electronically.

But this also makes Estonia acutely vulnerable. In 2007, the country 
suffered one of the biggest cyber attacks in history when the websites of 
banks, government ministries and the national parliament were swamped with 
data.

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