Chapter 2
Political Cyber Attack Comes of Age in 2007
Outline
Reliance on Information as a Vulnerability
Rudimentary but Effective: Denial of Service
Leaving Unwanted Messages: Web Site Defacement
The Difficulty of Assigning Blame: Why Attribution Is Tough in a DDoS Attack
Estonia Is Hit by Cyber Attacks
Information in this Chapter
• Cyber attacks as political expression
• Denial-of-service attacks in Estonia, 2007
• Political behavior regarding cyber attacks
• The global information infrastructure
As discussed in Chapter 1, throughout the 1990s, it was unclear whether attacks against computer systems ...
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