The Internet will become a battleground as governments and opposition groups look to use DDOS attacks for political gains, a security researcher said.
Governments looking to silence critics and stymie opposition have added DDOS (distributed denial of service) attacks to their censoring methods, according to a security expert speaking at the Source Boston Security Showcase.
Pro-Palestinian hackers have defaced thousands of sites following attacks in Gaza.
The conflict raging in Gaza between Israel and Palestine has spilled over to the Internet.
Despite the hype and excited breathlessness of the reports, there is no cyberwar going on between Russia and Georgia.
Without getting into the argument of who is right in a five-sided conflict (South Ossetia, Georgia, Russia, Abkhazia, and the various external groups and individuals who are motivated enough to be involved), interesting conclusions can be drawn from what is happening online and also how those events are being reported upon.
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