%0 Journal Article %1 blank2008webwar %A Blank, Stephen %D 2008 %J Comparative Strategy %K cyber infosphere security strategic-studies war %N 3 %P 227 %R 10.1080/01495930802185312 %T Web War I: Is Europe's First Information War a New Kind of War? %U http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/01495930802185312 %V 27 %X In April-May 2007, Estonia experienced several weeks of coordinated cyberattacks against its financial and sociopolitical institutions. Although the origin of these attacks cannot be definitively named, it is widely believed in Estonia and among many analysts that Moscow was behind these attacks. Certainly these attacks represented the culmination of plans set in motion a year earlier to attack the Estonian government and society for their supposedly anti-Russian policies. And the accompanying demonstrations in Tallinn at this time also represented well-worn Soviet techniques used in earlier coups in Eastern Europe. Ultimately the advent of such new forms of military operations confirms a threat assessment by which any one operation on land, sea, air, underwater, or space can target anyone in any of these dimensions and raises provocative issues for both analysts of war and government officials.

@article{blank2008webwar, abstract = {In April-May 2007, Estonia experienced several weeks of coordinated cyberattacks against its financial and sociopolitical institutions. Although the origin of these attacks cannot be definitively named, it is widely believed in Estonia and among many analysts that Moscow was behind these attacks. Certainly these attacks represented the culmination of plans set in motion a year earlier to attack the Estonian government and society for their supposedly anti-Russian policies. And the accompanying demonstrations in Tallinn at this time also represented well-worn Soviet techniques used in earlier coups in Eastern Europe. Ultimately the advent of such new forms of military operations confirms a threat assessment by which any one operation on land, sea, air, underwater, or space can target anyone in any of these dimensions and raises provocative issues for both analysts of war and government officials. }, added-at = {2010-03-10T16:55:17.000+0100}, author = {Blank, Stephen}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26d77a48174bea7054ba87d3dbd04e395/jrennstich}, doi = {10.1080/01495930802185312}, interhash = {6cb09b6dd7fb15d32a852c6d65ed4683}, intrahash = {6d77a48174bea7054ba87d3dbd04e395}, issn = {0149-5933}, journal = {Comparative Strategy}, keywords = {cyber infosphere security strategic-studies war}, number = 3, pages = 227, shorttitle = {Web War I}, timestamp = {2010-03-10T16:55:17.000+0100}, title = {Web War I: Is Europe's First Information War a New Kind of War?}, url = {http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/01495930802185312}, volume = 27, year = 2008 }