- 2010 cyberattacks on Burma
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The 2010 cyberattacks on Myanmar were distributed denial-of-service attacks that began on 25 October,[1] occurring ahead of the Burmese general election, 2010, which is widely viewed as a sham election.[2][3] The attacks were significantly larger than attacks against Estonia and Georgia in 2007.[4] The attack followed a similar one on 1 February 2010,[5] and total loss of connection to the internet the previous spring when a submarine communications cable was severed accidentally.[6]
Technical details
The size of the attack was estimated at 10-15 Gbps, several hundred times more than enough to overwhelm the country’s 45 Mbps T3 terrestrial and satellite links.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Internet out hits tourism sector". Myanmar Times. November 1, 2010. http://www.mmtimes.com/2010/news/547/news54716.html.
- ^ Clegg, Nick (3 Oct 2010). "Myanmar's Sham Election". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/opinion/04iht-edclegg.html.
- ^ "Protesters in Japan decry Myanmar 'sham election' plan". Channel News Asia. 27 Oct 2010. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1089673/1/.html.
- ^ "Burma hit by massive net attack ahead of election". BBC News. 4 November 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11693214.
- ^ Feng, Yingqiu (November 3, 2010). "Myanmar Internet link continues to meet with interruption". People's Daily. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90781/90877/7187339.html.
- ^ Seltzer, Larry (11.04.2010). "DDoS Attack on Myanmar Takes the Country Offline". PC Magazine. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372123,00.asp.
- ^ Labovitz, Craig (November 3, 2010). "Attack Severs Burma Internet". Arbor Networks. http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2010/11/attac-severs-myanmar-internet/.
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