Kyrgyzstan's two main Internet service providers -- ns.kg and domain.kg – recently came under a massive online assault. Details have emerged that the cyber-attack was orchestrated by Russia-based "cyber militia," shutting down more than 80 percent of Kyrgyzstan's bandwidth. Speculation is that the attack was meant to thwart Kyrgyzstan's embattled political opposition -- which depends on the Internet to organize -- or to pressure Kyrgyzstan's government, which hosts a U.S. airbase outside of the capital, Bishkek.
SOURCE: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/01/cyber-militia-t.html
