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Estonia accused Russia of waging a cyber war

Estonia has recently accused Russia of waging a cyber war against it. It said the country's websites were under attack, which came from networks hosted by Russian state computer servers.

Head of it security at Estonia's defence ministry, Mikhail Tammet, said the attacks affected the functioning of the government since the country heavily relies on online administration. Estonia took the matter to the eu-Russia summit held on May 13. But Moscow has denied the charges.

Estonia said instructions on how to carry out cyber warfare were circulating on Russian websites. Estonian prime minister Andrus Ansip has accused Russia of being responsible for this.

On April 27, 2007 Estonia