Mass DDoS cyberattacks on Estonia after Bronze Soldier relocation

From late April to mid-May 2007, during the dispute over relocating the Soviet war memorial in Tallinn, Estonian government, media and banking websites were hit by large-scale distributed denial-of-service attacks. Estonia's foreign minister said part of the traffic came from Russian state IP addresses; Russia denied involvement and refused investigative cooperation. The only conviction was of an Estonian resident; no Russian state actor has been charged.

Established by. Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, press conference 1 May 2007: Estonia had proof attacks came from 'IP addresses of governmental authorities of Russia' (reported speech); later accused the Kremlin of direct involvement. Defence Minister Jaak Aaviksoo later said he could not state for certain the attacks were managed by the Kremlin.

Latest. Single conviction: Tallinn student Dmitri Galushkevich fined 17,500 kroons on 24 Jan 2008 for attacking the Reform Party website. A Nashi activist claimed involvement in 2009. The attacks led to the NATO CCDCOE being established in Tallinn (May 2008).