pajamasmedia.com - 8/14/2008
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Open thread.
What role did information warfare play in the Russia-Georgia war?
Were there any signs of info war preparation?
What were the major disinformation campaigns on each side?
Were attacks on the .ge domains? What were the lessons carried over from the previous cyberattack experience in the Baltics?
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Information Warfare: All the World is a Stage
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... post provided by his friend Vadim, a long conversation ensued that really left the issue of the timeline and attack and went right into information dissimenation. I thought that dove tailed nicely into The Belmont Club's piece: War in the Ether Somewhere around July 20th, Denial of Service attacks were underway. Everyone keeps wondering what tripped Saakashvili's trigger. There were too many signs to ignore, really. But, what was happening did not simply end with cutting off Georgian communications. Georgia actually did what bloggers do when their site goes down. They ...
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