Another massive attack, another teen culprit

There was a lot of press coverage relating to alleged Russian attacks against Estonia and there were even accusations that the Russians had hired black market botnets to engage in the attack.  Wrong again it looks like!   The only thing this story is missing is an elaborate code name to describe it….maybe SOLAR SUNSET?

A 20-year-old Estonian student has been fined for participating in a cyberattack that paralyzed Estonian Web sites and soured the country’s relationship with Russia, a government official said Thursday. (InfoWorld)

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