Cyber attacks against Estonia

[iago]

This is a couple weeks old, but I had to research it and it's actually an interesting story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/technology/29estonia.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

The author of that is really good, although I'm sure some of the stuff is just wrong. But it sounds really cool, and it's the best version of the story I've heard.

[AntiVirus]

The Russian government has denied any involvement in the attacks, which came close to shutting down the country's digital infrastructure, clogging the Web sites of the president, the prime minister, Parliament and other government agencies, staggering Estonia's biggest bank and overwhelming the sites of several daily newspapers.

Ouch...  that would suck a lot. Wouldn't this be considered an act of war? 

[trust]

The Russian government has denied any involvement in the attacks, which came close to shutting down the country's digital infrastructure, clogging the Web sites of the president, the prime minister, Parliament and other government agencies, staggering Estonia's biggest bank and overwhelming the sites of several daily newspapers.

Ouch...  that would suck a lot. Wouldn't this be considered an act of war? 

I guess it could be, but it isn't like Estonia is going to attack the Russian Fed.

[iago]

No, but Estonia has went to NATO about it. However, cyber-attacks aren't technically warfare under NATO's definition, so nothing will happen.

There's also no proof that it's government-condoned.