Without getting into the argument of who is right in a five-sided conflict (South Ossetia, Georgia, Russia, Abkhazia, and the various external groups and individuals who are motivated enough to be involved), interesting conclusions can be drawn from what is happening online and also how those events are being reported upon.To begin with, what is happening is not cyber warfare by any means, despite the excitable claims that many so-called security experts are making, as well as the claims from the Georgian government (or people claiming to be them online). It is nothing more than exuberant online vandalism or hacktivism (another made up term, but better than cyber warfare). Continuing to call it a cyber war risks devaluing the term for when (or if) real online warfare takes place.
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;291140590
Online vandalism does not equal cyberwar
Despite the hype and excited breathlessness of the reports, there is no cyberwar going on between Russia and Georgia.