Could Cyberwar Happen Here?

Ars Technica asks if the cyberwar tactics used on Georgia would work against the US. The answers are not particularly reassuring:
At present, technological dominance and superior infrastructure may give the United States a decisive edge, but history teaches that this edge will inevitably degrade as other countries either catch up or as the threats themselves [...]

Gifted Amateurs

Looking more and more like the cyberattacks on Georgia’s Internet links was home-brew hacking instead of a military operation. Not that that should make anyone feel better about it, of course.

Infowar: Like Copying a Web Page

Someone’s got a handle on how the Russians disrupted Georgia’s Internet links. Frighteningly easy, it was.

Things Settle

Lots of low-level stuff on Georgia/Russia.

The NYT cottons to the cyberwar. Suspects are plentiful, conviction-level proof minimal.
Just like that, the US and Poland do a missile-defense deal. They deny the Georgia fracas had anything to do with it, but no one believes that. The cherry on top is that we promised to help out the [...]

Ars Technica: Georgia Cyberwar Not Military?

Seems that some Russian hacker superpatriots might be responsible. Would that they’d done a better job programming the software I once used at work.

Infowar in the Caucasus

More claims that the Russians are trying to disrupt Georgian Internet traffic. People more knowledgeable than I about network backbones would have to pass judgment on the accuracy of these reports. I do hope the CIA and DoD are taking notes. Hat tip: Slashdot.