'Cybergeddon' fear stalks US: FBI (AFP)

Brian Krebs on Computer Security

An exhaustive inquiry into August's cyber attacks on the former Soviet bloc nation of Georgia finds no smoking gun in the hands of the Russian government. But experts say evidence suggests that Russian officials did little to discourage the online assault, which was coordinated through a Russian online forum that appeared to have been prepped with target lists and details about Georgian Web site vulnerabilities well before the two countries engaged in a brief but deadly ground, sea and air war.

The findings come from an open source investigation launched by Project Grey Goose, a volunteer effort by more than 100 security experts from tech giants like Microsoft and Oracle, as well as former members of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lexis-Nexis, the Department of Homeland Security and defense contractor SAIC, among others.

More here>> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/10/report_russian_hacker_forums_f.html
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Here is part of the story I was referring to. This has been going on long before they struck the former soviet bloc nation of Georgia.

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