Cyber Warfare?

As we move forward with technology, our sources of warfare also transform. This could be what's happening in Georgia right now:

August 11, 2008 (Computerworld) Hackers, perhaps affiliated with a well-known Russian criminal network, have attacked and hijacked Web sites belonging to Georgia, the former Soviet republic now in the fourth day of war with Russia, a security researcher claimed on Sunday.

Some Georgian government and commercial sites are unavailable, while others may have been hijacked, said Jart Armin, a researcher who tracks the notorious Russian Business Network (RBN), a malware and criminal hosting network.

This is an angle to warfare that is only discussed in theory, and one most think of as the plot from some sci-fi movie. Today it looks more like reality.