The Cyber Attack That No One Is Talking About

Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan (Image from Global Security)

The Kyrgyzstan Cyber Attack That No One Is Talking About -- Intel Fusion

A colleague alerted me a couple of days ago to a massive DDOS attack against Kyrgyzstan ISPs www.ns.kg and www.domain.kg which essentially shut them down on January 18, 2009. There are only 4 ISP providers for the entire country so this attack was clearly sending a message. Since the attacking IPs were Russian, and since the Russian government supports the current Kyrgyzstan President, I’m thinking that its a message to the opposition party.

A Kyrgyz journalist writes today (under a pseudonym) that the government is targeting opposition groups as they unite to form a new coalition, the United Peoples Movement (UPM). Here’s an excerpt:

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My Comment: This attack was very successful. They were able to interrupt Kyrgyzstan's communications network very quickly and effectively. It is this success that troubles me.