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,...
Report: Internet Filtering in Kyrgyzstan in 2006-2007
Note: a newer version of this profile is available at Country Profiles: Kyrgyzstan. Download as PDF 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...