Russia Accused of Cyber Warfare

According to the Guardian ,Russia may be involved in the cyber attacks against Estonia's government. The attacks occurred after the Estonian government removed a controversial Soviet Army statue in the capital Talinn. The removal of the statue sparked protests by Estonia's large Russian minority. The Russian government condemned the removal. Relations between Estonia and Russia have been testy for quite a few years. Since the protests, Estonia's government websites, news sites, political parties, banks and other organizations have been knocked offline. The websites were knocked down by a bombardment of viewers viewing the sites. The attacks for the most part were from abroad. At one stage most of the IP addresses of the attackers appear to have come Russian governmental institutions. Most of the attacks occurred during a few Russian holidays that celebrated the end of WWII and another time occurred after Russian President Putin delivered a jab at Estonia in a speech, where he also attacked Bush comparing his administration to the Nazis.