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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Search Search: Georgia blogger blames Russia for mass cyber attack AFP - Sunday, August 9 TBILISI (AFP) - - A Georgian blogger known as "Cyxymu" on Saturday blamed Russia for a massive cyber assault that affected millions of Internet users worldwide by disrupting popular sites like Twitter and Facebook. ADVERTISEMENT Speaking to AFP in the Georgian capital, the blogger said he believed Russia was behind the distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and meant to silence his criticism of Moscow's role in last year's Georgia-Russia war. "An attack of such a scale would cost a huge amount of money. This is why I think that some structures in Russia are behind this," said the 34-year-old blogger, who said his real name was Giorgi and that he works as an economics lecturer at a Tbilisi university. He did not explain why such a computer-based attack would require high financing and none of the companies hit by the attack has said the Russian government or any other state organised it. "It is not clear to me why I was targeted, but the fact that this attack happened proves that I've been doing something important," he said. "On my blogs I have been writing about Russia's preparations for the war, what was happening on August 7 last year and how the war started." "Cyxymu" is a Latinised version of the Russian spelling of Sukhumi, the capital of Georgia's rebel Abkhazia region, which Giorgi said he fled during a war in the early 1990s. Social networking sites Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal were temporarily overwhelmed by the assaults, causing disruptions on Thursday and on Friday, which marked the anniversary of the outbreak of the war. Facebook said Friday that Cyxymu pages at Facebook and LiveJournal, described as the work of an "activist blogger", were targeted in the cyber assault. It said it had isolated the trouble and service for its more than 250 million users had returned to normal. Twitter also said the attacks appeared to be "geopolitical in motivation" but refused to speculate on who was behind them. The blogger said he did not realise he was the target of the cyber attack until reading media reports linking his sites to the incident. "Initially I did not realise what was happening -- I thought it was an Internet connection problem," he said, adding that he started to become suspicious when friends and family told him they were receiving spam emails from his account. "The next day I saw on the Internet a newspaper story that Facebook had been blocked because of me. After this I was finally convinced that this was happening because of me," he said. Last year's war saw Russian troops pour into Georgia following a Georgian military assault on its rebel region of South Ossetia. After occupying swathes of territory Russian forces later withdrew into South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which Moscow recognised as independent states. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Sign in to recommend this article » 0 users recommend Related Articles: Internet Portals & Search Engines Georgia blogger blames Russia for mass cyber attackAFP - Sunday, August 9 Pro-Georgian blogger target of Internet attacksAFP - Saturday, August 8 U.S. government will not get secret company Internet dataReuters - Saturday, August 8 Malaysia denies Internet filter will curb dissentReuters - Saturday, August 8 Related Articles: Technology EU defends action against Intel after report leakedAFP - Sunday, August 9 Georgia blogger blames Russia for mass cyber attackAFP - Sunday, August 9 Pro-Georgian blogger target of Internet attacksAFP - Saturday, August 8 iTunes' Mexico launch could shake up digital marketReuters - Saturday, August 8 U.S. government will not get secret company Internet dataReuters - Saturday, August 8 Enlarge Photo A Georgian blogger known as "Cyxymu" has blamed Russia for a massive cyber assault that affected millions of Internet users worldwide by disrupting popular sites like Twitter and Facebook. Related Photos Slideshow Full Photo Coverage: Internet Portals & Search Engines Related Full Coverage Internet Portals & Search Engines Latest development in the online world All Full Coverage Most Popular – Technology Viewed Manson murders back in spotlight 40 years on Taiwan's Jay Chou goes to Hollywood: report Turn in US jobs data boosts recovery hopes State-rescued bank RBS mired in bad debts Freddie Mac swings to profit, after steep losses View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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