Statue of limitations. So it turns out the Republic of Estonia's Internet infrastructure was taken down not by the Russian mafia or Vladimir Putin's cybergoons, but by a ticked-off 20-year-old. Dmitri Galushkevich has been fined $1,640 (a year's salary at an Estonian McDonald's) for launching a DDoS attack that crippled government Web sites for several weeks last May. Galushvevich was retaliating for the Estonia Statue of limitations. So it turns out the Republic of Estonia’s Internet infrastructure was taken down not by the Russian mafia or Vladimir Putin’s cybergoons, but by a ticked-off 20-year-old. Dmitri Galushkevich has been fined $1,640 (a year’s salary at an Estonian McDonald’s) for launching a DDoS attack that crippled government Web sites for several weeks last May. Galushvevich was retaliating for the Estonian government’s decision to relocate a statue of a Russian World War II hero. Imagine what he might do if his parents confiscated his cell phone or grounded him for the weekend.All Blue, all the time. IBM employees are surely singing the blues after the firm announced that it’s slashing the salaries of 7,600 employees by 15 percent. This comes after having paid $65 million to settle a 2006 court case requiring the firm to compensate employees for overtime. Did I mention that Big Blue made over $10 billion in profit last year? The right hand giveth while the left hand picketh your pocket. Broken records. Here’s some good news. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — yet another in a seemingly endless series of music industry groups — wants to turn your ISP into a copyright cop. IFPI chair John Kennedy called on ISPs to “take responsibility for protecting content” traveling across their networks. I’m sure Time Warner and AT&T will figure out a way to charge us extra for the service. As the IFPI was issuing this proclamation, Charter Communications was flushing the e-mail accounts of 14,000 subscribers. Apparently the monkey they use to administer e-mail hit the Delete key by accident. Charter apologized and promised to spank the monkey vigorously. The IFPI should consider doing the same. Got hot tips or naughty chimps? Send them to me here or post them below. Top tipsters are in line for some spanking good swag. Think you’ve got the right stuff to pass our tech quizzes? They’re not as easy as they look: • The InfoWorld News Quiz • Test Your Geek IQ • Test Your Network Security IQ Software DevelopmentSmall and Medium Business