CyberWar in Full Swing Between Russian and Georgia's Hi-Tech Allies


	CyberWar in Full Swing Between Russian and Georgia's Hi-Tech Allies

cliffhammond

8-11-2008 11:31 PM

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cyberwarfare, georgia, russia, caucauses

cliffhammond says:

Russia has unsuccessfully tried to take down the Google sites Georgia is now using. GeeWhiz, my blogs could go down. I use Google's Blogspot.

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