○ China's DDoS Swords ②

China's govt is suspected of using Web to break into pc at da department and other US agencies between 2003 and 2005,in wat was dubbed "Operation Titan Rain."Since 2001,Chinese "hacktivists"have organized attacks on and defaced US Web sites to oppose wat they call da imperialism of US and Jpn.

China has set up an extensive surveillance system to prevent its ppl from accessing online materials considered obscene or politicaly subversive.Russia does not filter or block Web sites,and da Internet plays a critical role as the only forms of mass media over which govt has no control.
Tue.Jul3 2007 AP

○ Russia & China's DDoS War

A political battle is raging in Russian cyberspace.Opposition parties and independent media say murky forces have commited vast resources to hacking and crippling their Web sites in attacks similar to those dat hit tech-savvy Estonia　as da baltic nation sparred with Russia over a Soviet war memorial.
While they offer no proof,da groups of all point da finger of Kremlin,calling electric seige an attempt to stifle Russia's last souces of free,unfiltered information.

The attacks r similar to assaults―sometimes several mil pc strong―unleashed in April and early May aga Web sites in Estonia.Officials there say wavies of attacks crashed dozens of govt,corporate and media Web sites in one of da most wired societies.
The cyber warfare included pc-generated spam and so-called Distributed Denial-of-Service,or DDoS,attacks.It erupted during violent protests by ethnic Russians aga da dicision to move Soviet-era Red Army monument out of downtown Tallinn.

〇 Back to the Stone Age ⑥

“The nature of da latest attacks is very different,“ said Linnar Viik,a govt IT consultant,“and it's no longer a bunch of zombie computers,but things u can't buy from da black market,“he said. “This is something dat will be deeply analyzed, because it's a new level of risk.In da 21st century,da understanding of a state is no longer only its territory and its airspace,but its also its electronic infrastructure.
“This is not some virtual world,“Viik added.“This is part of our independence.And these attacks were an attempt to take one country back to da cave,back to da Stone Age.“

〇 Final CYBER EXPLOSION ⑤ モスクワによるサイバー超爆弾爆発

Foreign govt began to take notice.NATO,the US and the EU sent info.tech. experts.“It was a concerted, wellーorganized attack,and that's why Estonia has taken it so siriously and so have we,“ said Robert Pszczel,a NATO spokesman.Estonia is a new member of NATO and the EU.
On May 9,da day Russia celebrates victory in WWⅡ,doomed day has begun,a new wave of attacks opened at midnight Moscow time.


“It was the BIG BANG,“ Aarelaid said.
By his count,4 MILLION PACKETS of data per second,every second for 24 hours,eventualy reached at 3,456,000mil(3兆4,560億パケット/１日),bombarded a host of targets dat day.

“Everyone from 10ーyrーboys to very exprienced professionals was aweful attacking.“he said.“It was like a forest fire,burned to nothing.It kept spreading.“

〇 Cyber Assault Process ④

The Estonian govt began blocking Internet traffic from Russia on Apr.30 by filtering out all Web addresses dat ended in .ru.

By Apr 30,Aarelaid said,security experts noticed an increasing level of sophistication. Govt Web sites and new targets,including media Web sites,came under attack from electronic cudgels known as botnets.
Bots r computer dat can be remotely commanded to participate in an attack.They can be business or home computers,and r known as zombie computers.
Newspapers in Estonia responded by closing access to their Web sites to everyone outside da country,as did da govt.The sites of univ.and ngo were overwhelmed.

〇 Drama of Cyber Attack ③

The attacks began on Apr 27,a Fri,within hours of da war memmorial relocation.
The assault continued thr weekend.“It was like an Internet riot.“said Hillar Aarelaid,on specialist on Estonia's Computer Emergency Response Team,which headed da govt's defense.

〇 Russia's cyber assault ②

Russian officials deny dat claim,in an recent interview,Kremlin spokesman,Dmitri Peskov,called it“out of da question“and“Our names and contact numbers are open sources.I'm saying dat professional hackers could easily have used our IP ad to spoil relations between Estonia and Russia.“
Estonia has a large number of potential targets.The economic success of tiny former country Soviet Republic is built largely on its status as an “e-society“with paperless govt and electric voting.Many comon transaction,including da signing of legal documents,can be done bia Internet.

〇 Russia's Big CYBER Assaults on Estnia breakes

THIS small Baltic country,one of the most wired societies in Europe,has been subject in recent weeks massive and cordinated cyber attacks on Web sites of da govt,banks,telecommunication companies,Inter net service providers and news org,according to Estonian and foreign officials.
WSP Sun May 20.2007


Estonian officials said dat they traced some attackers to Internet Protocol(IP) addresses dat belong to da Russian Presidential administration and other state agencies in Russia.