Russian hackers hit Georgian websites

ATTACKS by Russian hackers against Georgian websites, including one hosted in the US, continued even as Russian president Dmitri Medvedev ordered a halt to hostilities against Georgia.

Tom Burling, acting chief executive of Atlanta-based web-hosting firm Tulip Systems, said the website of the president of Georgia was the target of a flood of traffic from Russia aiming to overwhelm the site.

Mr Burling said bogus traffic outnumbered legitimate traffic 5,000 to 1 at president.gov.ge.