After government servers were allegedly knocked offline by Russian cyber attackers, the Georgian government seems to have revived its Web presence on Blogger, Google's free blogging service.
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Nonetheless, Georgian government websites are inaccessible at present, an occurrence mirroring events in late July. According to the president.gov.ge have been inaccessible for a considerably larger amount of time.
According to the Russian Business Network, credits the same network with apparent attacks on government sites in conjunction with the physical war.
Google could not confirm Georgian government use of Blogger as an alternative channel to disseminate information, but several blogs devoted to Georgian causes and purported to be set up by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have popped up.
The assumed MFA author of RussiaAndGeorgiaAtWar, which provides eyewitness reports like this one:
Vasiko, 31 , Lawyer: I went to the Republican Clinic to see my friend Beka, who was transported from Gori. Time to time lots of ambulances were bringing in wounded soldiers. Seeing the vehicles the parents of the soldiers started crying and screaming. They were calling: "Name, tell the name?" Than everyone were getting quiet and were saying prayers:" Oh, God, let me see my son wounded but alive." And this was going on and on with each ambulance.
Another from a taxi driver compares Vladimir Putin to Satan, and calls on the US and Europe to stand up to "the Devil." Another blog, titled StopRussia.org is also offline.
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