Comments on: Russia develops new types of state power/2007/05/17/russia-develops-new-types-of-state-power/Andrew Curry's blog on futures, trends, emerging issues and scenariosFri, 08 Feb 2008 22:34:59 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: The rise of iWar « thenextwave/2007/05/17/russia-develops-new-types-of-state-power/#comment-1841Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:34:59 +0000/2007/05/17/russia-develops-new-types-of-state-power/#comment-1841[…] distinction as a result of the ‘denial of service’ attacks on Estonia last year, which I blogged about at the time. “In essence, iWar is to cyberwar what an iPod is to the Vienna State Opera: […]

]]>By: Craig Ullman/2007/05/17/russia-develops-new-types-of-state-power/#comment-16Mon, 21 May 2007 00:50:04 +0000/2007/05/17/russia-develops-new-types-of-state-power/#comment-16Do we really know that the Russian government instigated the cyber attacks on Estonia? Given the number of Russians in Estonia who were angry with the Estonians playing “hide the statute”, I can easily imagine the attacks were a Russian nationalist grassroots act, rather than the government coming up with a more subtle form of warfare.

There’s no indication that the Russian government even likes subtle acts.

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