p2pnet - rss feed: Help find hackers, Estonia asks Russia
p2pnet.net news:- Estonia recently accused Russia of being behind hack attacks which all but closed government and business sites across the country.
Now in a complete turnabout, it’s looking to Russia for help from Russia in tracking down whoever was responsible.
Estonia likened the hacks, at their worse on May 8 and 9 when Russia and the Baltics were celebrating the anniversary of the WWII victory over the Nazis, to an act of war, but the Kremlin said it had nothing to do with them.
They, “coincided with a sharp deterioration in relations between Moscow and the small Baltic state over Estonia’s decision to relocate a Soviet-era war memorial from the center of the capital Tallinn,” says Reuters. “The decision enraged Moscow, which threatened sanctions.”
But, “It is clear this is criminal activity,” says prime minister Andrus Ansip, according to the story. “I hope Russia will co-operate in those cases with Estonia.”
The attacks comprised a barrage of clicks on a given web site. Some sites faced up to 5 million clicks a second, Ansip said, compared with a normal level of 1,000 to 1,500 clicks a day.
Also See:
hack attacks - Estonia blames hack attacks on Russia, May 18, 2007
Reuters - Estonia asks Russia to help hunt for Web criminals, June 6, 2007
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