[funsec] Cyberattack from the Pakistani government?

[Nick FitzGerald]

Paul Ferguson wrote:

> >So a government order blocking an entire Web site isn't a cyberattack?  
> 
> No. It is censorship, not a "cyber attack".

I think I agree with this terminological distinction.

But would add that incompetent implementation of an order to block 
access to an entire website (coupled with poorly devised technological 
underpinning that should probably make the effects of such mistakes 
much less widely felt) may effectively result in a "cyber attack"...

That is -- responsibility for the "attack" does not rest with the 
Pakistani government, but with some moron at Pakistan Telecom (or 
who/whereever it was).


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald