CYBERATTACK IN ESTONIAVan Speybroeck Maxime

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. REASON OF THE ATTACKS 2. WHAT HAPPENED ? 3. WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE? 4. REPERCUSSIONS 5. WHAT ABOUT THE FILM?

1. REASON OF THE ATTACKS 27April 2007 Relocation of the Bronze Soldier of

Tallinn

1. REASON OF THE ATTACKS It caused violent riots in Tallinn 1death and 44 injured

2. WHAT HAPPENED ? Cyberattacks against Estonia Many important websites were down Dos attacks

DOS ATTACK Denial of service attack Put a network or a service down Zombies

ESTONIA IN TERMS OF COMPUTING

Most connected European country 80% of banking transactions are made

online

3. WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE? Estonia accused Russia September 6 : No proof Requests came from everywhere in the

world « This is political ». Merit Kopli April 30 : Estonian minister of justice

declaration

KONSTANTIN GOLOSKOKOV Part a the russian group Nashi Was a part of the attacks  Worked without any Russian authorities

help

4. REPERCUSSIONS 3weeks of chaos NOTA reacted Estonian reactions Second largest instace of state-

sponsored cyberwarfare « Cyberinvestigations usually end at a

compromised computer in a third country on which the logs have been deleted »

TITAN RAIN Cyberattacks against America 2003 Lasted 3years

5. WHAT ABOUT THE FILM? « As we put more and more of our lives

on the Web, we’re becoming more and more vulnerable to the bad elements, to the networks of hate and to the darker uses of the Web. »

« If you take down the newspapers, you don’t know what’s going on in the country. If you take down the banks, the economic activity is paralysed. And if you’re an Estonian businessman in Paris and you need to contact your bank over the Internet to get some funds out, you couldn’t . »

« All you have to do is pick up the newspaper, and wherever you see there is conflict in the real world, there is conflict in cyberspace. »

« At the moment, a quarter of the planet is connected, but I wonder what will happen when the remaining 75% comes online. Will the web help us to achieve greater global understanding, or will we face new dangers that we never even imagined?  »

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