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First ‘cyber-war’ hacker convicted in Estonia - McAfee Avert Labs Blog
First ‘cyber-war’ hacker convicted in Estonia
Thursday January 24, 2008 at 6:53 am CST
Posted by Francois Paget
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In April 2007, moving a Soviet statue from the centre of Tallinn to a suburb sparked anger within the country’s Russian community. They got organised and then requested and received the support of their compatriots. What developed was a form of “cyber demonstration”. Today, an AFP press release (French Press Agency) announces the first arrest regarding this crisis:
“Dmitri Galushkevich is the first hacker to be sentenced for organising a massive cyber-attack against an Estonian web-page,” Gerrit Maesalu, spokesperson for the regional prosecutor’s office in north-east Estonia, told AFP.
Galushkevich, a 20 year old Russian, pled guilty. He was fined 17.500 kroons (1,100 euros or $1,600USD) for piloting between April 25 and May 4 an attack against the Reform Party of Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip.
Source: Computer Security Research - McAfee Avert Labs Blog
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