Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Iranians Wars Of The Web

From DoD Buzz:

Everyone knows the story by now about how the State Department asked Twitter to postpone an upgrade that would have taken the site down at a crucial moment during the Iranian election protests, surely the first time a 27-year-old at State could establish such an important policy precedent. Defense Tech’s Kevin Coleman (who also consults for Strategic Command) has a detailed look at just how the opposition and the government battled over use of the web. This may go down as one of the first true cyber battles between well matched opponents, as opposed to the pastings that occurred when Russia attacked Georgia and Lithuania.

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My Comment: This is the internet at its best. No walls. No barriers. No limits.

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