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'''Cyxymu''' is a [[User (computing)|screen name]] of a [[Georgians|Georgian]] [[blog]]ger who was targeted in a co-ordinated series of [[Denial-of-service attack|attacks]] on social networking sites [[Facebook]], [[Google Blogger]], [[LiveJournal]] and [[Twitter]], taking the latter offline for two hours on August 7, 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Mills, Elinor |title=Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10305200-245.html |work=[[Cnet#CNET News|CNET News]] |location=San Francisco, California, USA |date=August 6, 2009 |access-date=August 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809075846/http://news.cnet.com//8301-27080_3-10305200-245.html |archive-date=August 9, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The name mimics a [[Cyrillic]] spelling of [[Sukhumi]] (Сухуми), capital town in the [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] breakaway region of [[Abkhazia]]. The blogger, who extensively covers [[Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia|the suffering of Georgian civilians]] during and after the [[War in Abkhazia (1992-1993)|War in Abkhazia]], accuses [[Russia]] of trying to silence him using cyberattacks. Facebook came out in defense of  Cyxymu, with chief security officer Max Kelly stating that "It was a simultaneous attack across a number of properties targeting him to keep his voice from being heard."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Parfitt, Tom |title=Georgian blogger Cyxymu blames Russia for cyber attack |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/07/georgian-blogger-accuses-russia |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London, United Kingdom |date=August 7, 2009 |access-date=August 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907033631/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/07/georgian-blogger-accuses-russia |archive-date=September 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Web attack 'aimed at one blogger' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8189162.stm |work=[[BBC Online]] |location=London, United Kingdom |date=August 7, 2009 |access-date=August 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807100851/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8189162.stm |archive-date=August 7, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Before the 2009 attack==

Cyxymu's [[Russian-language]] LiveJournal blog was a source of information from Georgia for the news media during the [[2007 Georgian demonstrations|2007 state of emergency]]<ref>[http://www.newsru.com/world/08nov2007/blogs.html В условиях информационной блокады источником новостей из Грузии стали блоггеры]. ''[[NEWSru.com]]'', November 8, 2007.</ref> and 2008 [[Russo-Georgian War]].<ref>Kim Hart. [http://msl1.mit.edu/furdlog/docs/washpost/2008-08-14_washpost_russia_georgia_cyberwar.pdf Longtime Battle Lines Are Recast In Russia and Georgia's Cyberwar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725032200/http://msl1.mit.edu/furdlog/docs/washpost/2008-08-14_washpost_russia_georgia_cyberwar.pdf |date=2011-07-25 }}. ''[[The Washington Post]]'', August 14, 2008.</ref>

Cyxymu's LJ blog had previously been targeted by denial-of-service attacks in October 2008, rendering the LiveJournal servers unavailable three times during October 26–27.<ref>[http://www.lenta.ru/news/2008/10/27/lj/ Противники сухумского блогера обвалили ЖЖ]. ''[[Lenta.Ru]]'', October 27, 2008.</ref> The attack on Cyxymu is internationally seen as part of an [[Cyberattacks during the 2008 South Ossetia war|ongoing cyberwar between Russia and Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Patalong F, Stöcker C |title= Hacker fegen georgische Regierungsseiten aus dem Netz|newspaper= Der Spiegel|language=German |url= http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,571317,00.html |date= August 7, 2009}} spiegel.de</ref>

==See also==
*[[Cyberattacks during the Russo-Georgian War]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Twitter}}
*{{Lj user|cyxymu}}

[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bloggers from Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Denial-of-service attacks]]
[[Category:2009 crimes]]
[[Category:Cyberattacks]]
[[Category:Georgia (country)–Russia relations]]
[[Category:Anonymous bloggers]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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