• Text smaller   • Text bigger  In the world of cyber espionage,
usually an attacker can lurk in the shadows unidentified, but
through a combination of skill, timing and luck, one hacker has
been exposed for all the world to see.  There are even pictures.
For years, the country of Georgia has accused Russia of making
repeated attacks on their computer systems. Georgians have said
that Moscow has probed their networks looking for classified
information and planting computer viruses on their machines.
Georgia had little concrete evidence to prove these attacks were
coming from Russia, but now, thanks to a lot of ingenuity and a
little luck, they have not only identified where an attack was
originating, but they have been able to put a face on an
adversary.  In a recently released report, the Georgian
government exposed the cyber attack from Russia and explained
how Moscow used classic cyber warfare techniques to invade their
national network, spreading a computer virus to steal closely
held government informa