Forwarded from: "Denning, Dorothy (CIV)" <dedennin (at) nps.edu> This is not what RFL reported. RFL reported that Markov said that his assistant was operating on his own. Markov is quoted as saying that the "assistant happened to be in 'one of the unrecognized republics' during the dispute with Estonia and had decided on his own that 'something bad had to be done to these fascists.'" He further said "Turns out it was purely a reaction from civil society." Dorothy Denning -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 5:11 AM Subject: [ISN] Russia kinda-sorta owns up to Estonia cyberwar http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2828 By Adam O'Donnell Zero Day March 8th, 2009 Radio Free Europe is reporting that an official from Putin's party has publicly stated that he orchestrated the 2007 DDoS Attacks on Estonia. The information security and military communities have been speculating for the past two years about who were the primary actors behind the 2007 Estonian DDoS attacks. On Friday, Radio Free Europe ran an article stating that Sergei Markov, a deputy from the State Duma and United Russia party member claimed to have directed an assistant to instigate the a civilian-lead cyber war through unofficial channels This would be akin to my congressperson, Nancy Pelosi, having her assistant troll message boards and 2600 meetings looking for people to DDoS France in 2002 because they wouldn't go along with our Iraq war plans. If the admission is correct, it means that Russia's DDoS actions were more of a people's militia-type activity rather than a view into their regular military's information warfare capabilities. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/ _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Wed Mar 11 2009 - 00:10:08 PDT
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