Increasingly, pro-Russia hackers are having success in taking down ISPs of countries they feel like need a bit of a rogering. Estonia and Georgia have been victimized in the last couple of years, and now Kyrgyzstan is feeling the heat.

Kyrgyzstan doesn’t get a lot of publicity. It makes Kazakhstan look like a world power. Borat did not come from Kyrgyzstan.

It’s not completely clear yet why the Russians are teeing off on poor little Kyrgyzstan. The WSJ report speculates that its permission of the United States to use an airbase for the war in Afghanistan may be an issue, or a small web-based opposition movement that hasn’t really gained a lot of momentum.

The so-called “cyber militia” overwhelms sites with a flood of hits and forces them to shut down. They have gone after the two main service providers, which make up about 80% of the country’s web access. The flood of hits cause so much stress on the ISPs that no sites work, and email is impossible.

It’s strange something like this hasn’t happened in the United States yet. Will we be prepared? SAI suggests we had better be prepared for it or face serious hardship.

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