Lexington Firm Monitoring Cyber War Against Georgia

August 14, 2008 by Administrator

Forget the tanks and ammunition that Russia sent into Georgia over the last week. There is quite a war going on behind-the-scenes with Russian hackers allegedly trying to take down communication networks in Georgia.

A high-tech internet monitoring firm in Lexington has been keeping an eye on a barrage if attacks on Georgian networks, according to the Boston Herald:

The Russian hackers appear to be secretly using some U.S. servers or computers to launch cyber attacks designed to flood and jam Georgian government, military and media Web sites, Arbor Networks and other security experts say.