Estonia Under Online Attack
Estonia might have voted for Russia in the EuroVision Song Contest, but on a political level, tensions remain high. The small Baltic state has come under Cyber Attack , with many of its Government Websites going down. It says the attack is coming from its Big Neighbour and former Soviet “brother”. Russian bloggers have told me that similar attacks take place on websites belonging to NGOs within Russia if they are organising political demonstrations.
Estonia is one of the most Online Countries in the world. Russia isn’t. Estonia has free competition - and therefore competitive prices for internet access. Russia’s telephone market is all tied up and access is expensive, and therefore elitist. But that doesn’t mean to say that Russia isn’t sophisticated when it comes to the dark side of the net. We should all look out.
