Kyrgyzstan
Country Profile: Kyrgyzstan
Background
In 2005, Kurmanbek Bakiev won the presidential elections after the violent downfall of the 14-year authoritarian regime of the former president, Askar Akayev. The new head of state vowed to distribute more powers to the parliament, encourage free speech, fight corruption,...
- Posted on 18/Dec/2010; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
ONI Blog: ONI Releases 2010 Year in Review
The OpenNet Initiative is proud to announce the release of its 2010 Year in Review, a collection of the year's top instances of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the globe.
Among the year's most well-known events are the banning of Blackberry...
- Posted on 18/Mar/2011; tagged in Bahrain, China, Cuba, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Vietnam, Yemen, Afghanistan, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, Syria, Venezuela, Turkey, Nigeria, Japan, Mexico, Australia, Italy, Bangladesh, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Lebanon, Rwanda, South Africa, United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia/New Zealand, Legislation, Arrests and legal action, Copyright, Take-down, Human rights, Circumvention, Elections, ONI, Political filtering, Social filtering, Conflict and security filtering, IP blocking, Filtering tech and software
Report: Internet Filtering in Kyrgyzstan in 2006-2007
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Recent liberalization of the telecommunications market in Kyrgyzstan has made Internet affordable for the majority of the population. This access remains largely unfettered. However, an emerging...
- Posted on 18/Dec/2010; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Publications
ONI Blog: Knocking Kyrgyzstan Offline
From January 18th until the end of the month, major Kyrgyz Internet service providers serving 80% of the nation’s Internet users were under a major hackers’ attack essentially leaving the country offline. SecureWorks suggested (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123310906904622741.html?mod=WSJ_TimesEMEA) that the DDoS attack was organized by...
- Posted on 27/Feb/2009; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Conflict and security filtering
ONI Blog: Special Coverage #4: Kyrgyz Elections Monitor Interim Findings
Kyrgyz Elections Monitor Interim Findings: No filtering, but effective use of Computer Network Attack forced ISPs to silence opposition media
ONI, Bishkek, 15 April 2005. The OpenNet Initiative’s comprehensive monitoring of the Internet in Kyrgyzstan concludes this week revealing damaging effects of Computer...
- Posted on 15/Apr/2005; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Publications
Report: Special Report: Election Monitoring in Kyrgyzstan
February, 2005
Last Updated: April 15, 2005
Contents:
- 1. Kyrgyz Websites subject to unexplained failure and hacking during the Parliamentary Elections
- 2. Network-based Attacks on Kyrgz ISPs Continue
- 3. Information War Intensifies as Unrest in Kyrgyzstan Continues - Motives Remain Unclear...
- Posted on 15/Apr/2005; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Publications
ONI Blog: Special Coverage: Information War Intensifies as Unrest in Kyrgyzstan Continues - Motives Remain Unclear as Disruptions Increase
Bishkek, 5 March February 2005 (ONI). The Kyrgyz Internet is becoming a battleground as unrest triggered by last week's inconclusive parliamentary vote spreads. Two leading Internet Service providers are embattled from an alleged hacker attack and pressure to remove information about growing...
- Posted on 05/Mar/2005; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Publications
ONI Blog: Special Coverage: Network-based Attacks on Kyrgz ISPs Continue
Bishkek, 2 March February 2005 (ONI). Sustained Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDOS) continue to affect the operations of Kyrgyzstan’s’ leading ISPs. Three days of attacks are seriously affecting web hosting servers at Elcat and Asiainfo and overloading their international connections to...
- Posted on 02/Mar/2005; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Publications
ONI Blog: Special Coverage: Kyrgyz Websites subject to unexplained failure and hacking during the Parliamentary Elections
Bishkek, 28 February 2005 (ONI). Websites belonging to political parties and independent media were subject to unexplained technical failures and deliberate hacking during Kyrgyzstan’s recent Parliamentary elections. Researchers from the Open Net Initiative documented a pattern of failures that suggest a deliberate...
- Posted on 28/Feb/2005; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Publications
