As many regular readers know, I’m in Dublin. My Internet access is still completely reliant on the libraries and their wonderful WiFi. Unfortunately it’s 11:00 on a Saturday and while my 3 year old is up – the libraries aren’t.

Why am I giving you my sob story? Well, I wanted to share this super fun story I read in Wired – but I can’t balance it with any online research. So read it with a grain of salt.

Web War One tells the story of how Estonia (Europe’s best wired city) was apparently taken offline by hackers at request of Russia (maybe a few Russians, maybe the Russian government). The story reads like an adventure novel – if you have the time it’s fun to read. What I thought would be interesting here is to talk about how they were taken down. Continue reading →