“The First War In Cyberspace”

“The First War In Cyberspace”

A few days ago, Estonian authorities decided it was time to remove a bronze statue of a World War II-era Soviet soldier from a park in Tallinn, a major Baltic seaport. The government expected several protests and riots, which inevitably translate into Internet warfare (and not the kind launched by Something Awful goons). What they didn’t expect was a fullscale assault on practically every Estonian server and the defacement of various Estonian government and political party websites. The attacks crippled their entire Internet infrastructure, requiring an international effort that ranged from NATO to the European Union to get them back online.

Seems like a decent reminder of the fragility of the modern virtual world.