Cyberwar costs only 1,600 dollars these days
So, back in 2007, Estonia was under a brutal denial of service attack and Estonia thought it was Russia's goverment authorizing the attack. So, it turns out in was just some mad dude, who lives in Estonia.
And what was the punishment, you ask?
And so it comes as quite a shock to THREAT LEVEL to learn that the attacker convicted today isn't a member of the Russian military, nor is he an embittered cyber warrior in Putin's secret service. He doesn't even live in Russia. He's an ethnic Russian who lives in Estonia, who was pissed off over that whole statue thing.
The court fined him 17,500 kroons, or $1,620 dollars, and sent him on his way.
I guess the costs of a Cyberwar that almost started World War III are dropping these days.
From Wired.com
1 comment:
Man, for September 11 2001 also only one dude was convicted, he was captured in France or something (doesn't really matter). He wasn't French and he wasn't alone. Why doesn't anyone bother to check with Wiki or sm before writing some crap like this. Estonia is full of ethnic Russians, the cyber attack had one specific element where anyone with computer would participate and Nashi, 100 000 strong Russian nationalist movement's Transdnistrian branch leader claimed responsibility for the attacks long ago. He was captured in Lithuania and he's now in custody. No offense
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