Open Society Makes Estonia a Target for Cyber Attacks

Experts from nearly 40 countries met in Estonia yesterday to discuss the latest issues in fighting cyber attackers and address the asymmetric nature of web-based threats.

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves offered opening remarks at the international conference organized by the NATO-accredited Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Estonia’s capital Tallinn. He warned about the severity of cyber crime, saying how there have already been cases of actual…

Estonian Hacker Jailed for DDoS on Insurance Company

A hacker has been sentence to prison by an Estonian court for using a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against his insurance company. Artur Boiko,  a 44-year-old Estonian national, received a prison sentence of 2 years 7 months for authoring and using the Allaple Virus against his insurance company, If Insurance.

Several years ago, Boiko was in a motor vehicle accident and proceeded to have a dispute with If…

Singapore Gets Cyber Agency

The government of Singapore has set up its own cybersecurity agency, known as Singapore Infocomm Technology Security Authority.

The agency will be responsible for dealing with cyber threats targeting people in Singapore.

According to government officials, the need for a cybersecurity agency was highlighted by the attacks against Georgia, Estonia, the United States, and South Korea in recent years.

The agency will conduct cyber-war games to ensure the country can…