In 2007, when Estonia's government, financial and media computer networks were attacked by unknown Russian hackers following the government's decision of relocating a Soviet war memorial, it must have been hard to believe that something good would come from it at the end.

With that attack, Estonia became the first country ever to actually be engaged in a cyberwar, but that didn't make them despair. If anything, that incident was what spurred them to institute their own Cyber Defense League - an organization that gathers computer scientists, programmers, software engineers and cybersecurity specialists and would, in time of war, be under the direct command of the military.

So far, all the members are part of the organization because they volunteered, and they spend part of their weekends carrying out simulated exercises of cyber attacks in order to keep their skills honed and ready. But, Estonia's Defense Minister Jaak Aaviksoo and the authorities are thinking about the possibility of instituting a draft for all skilled cyber experts and instituting a real cyber army.

L33t.