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January 29th, 2009, 09:37 PM
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DDoS a Whole Country
It's a tactic used to knock websites offline, both big and small. But whole countries? You betcha.
DDoS attack boots Kyrgyzstan from net - The Register
The central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan was effectively knocked offline for more than a week by a Russian cybermilitia that continues to flood the country's internet providers with crippling data attacks, a security expert said.
The attacks, which began on January 18, bear the signature of pro-Russian nationalists believed to have launched similar cyber assaults on the republic of Georgia in August, said Don Jackson, a researcher with Atlanta-based security provider SecureWorks. The attacks on Kyrgyzstan were so potent that most net traffic in and out of the country was completely blocked during the first seven days.
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