Re: Cyberattack from the Pakistani government?

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Nick FitzGerald wrote:

> Paul Ferguson wrote:
>
> > > So a government order blocking an entire Web site isn't a cyberattack?  
> >
> > No. It is censorship, not a "cyber attack".
>
> I think I agree with this terminological distinction.
>
> But would add that incompetent implementation of an order to block 
> access to an entire website (coupled with poorly devised technological 
> underpinning that should probably make the effects of such mistakes 
> much less widely felt) may effectively result in a "cyber attack"...
>
> That is -- responsibility for the "attack" does not rest with the 
> Pakistani government, but with some moron at Pakistan Telecom (or 
> who/whereever it was).
 
The brothers Basit and Amjads

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