NATO websites hit in cyber attack linked to Crimea tension

[Earth_First]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Hackers brought down several public NATO websites, the alliance said on Sunday, in what appeared to be the latest escalation in cyberspace over growing tensions over Crimea.

The Western military alliance's spokeswoman, Oana Lungescu, said on social networking site Twitter that cyber attacks, which began on Saturday evening, continued on Sunday, although most services had now been restored.

The so-called "distributed denial of service" (DDoS) attack, in which hackers bombard websites with requests causing them to slow down or crash, also hit the site of a NATO-affiliated cyber security center in Estonia. NATO's unclassified e-mail network was also affected.

A group calling itself "cyber berkut" said the attack had been carried out by patriotic Ukrainians angry over what they saw as NATO interference in their country.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/16/us-ukraine-crisis-nato-idUSBREA2F0CK20140316?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

[Igel]

1. Meh.

A lot of large hacking operations getting credit card information originate in Russian-speaking Ukraine and in Russia. Large interconnected groups there.

Can't shut them down from here, and Russia won't shut them down. They're too useful.

So we complain about Target's lack of security when its systems are penetrated and act like the perps and tacit support are somehow innocent. Who can avoid the temptation for power?

It's rather like saying a girl with a low-cut dress had "a lack of security" so when her "systems" are penetrated the perps and tacit societal support are somehow innocent. Who can avoid the temptation for power?

First find the guilty person, then fit the facts around your narrative.