Georgian web attacks are the work of kids

INSECURITY experts claim that Internet attacks on Georgian web sites over the last two weeks were not carried out by Russian agents but script kiddies.

Gadi Evron, founder of the Zero Day Emergency Response Team, told CNET that although the impact on their Web sites is clear, it was just some kids who got overexcited.

While there were botnet attacks against .ge Web sites, the Internet infrastructure doesn't appear to be attacked, which it would be if it was cyber warfare.

Just because Georgia is suffering DDoS attacks and it is political it doesn't so far seem different than any other online aftermath by fans, he said.

The attacks were more intense compared to the May 2007 Estonian attacks, however they lasted far less time. µ

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