Russia's actual physical invasion of Georgia has garnered much of the headline space devoted to the two countries, but the conflict is playing out online as well. Attacks against the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's website first occurred in late July, but gathered relatively little attention. Security investigators from the United States Computer Response Readiness Team (US-CERT) monitored the attacks, and stated that they did not appear to be a test run for a major assault.
Whether those attacks and the current situation are directly linked or not, the same group may be ultimately responsible for both. The blog RBNExploit claims to be functioning as an unofficial news branch of the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has released a server routing map it claims demonstrates evidence of Russian malfeasance.
The group claims that Georgian official websites cannot be trusted, and that the country's websites are now under external control. If true, it's that much more difficult for other nations and peacekeeping forces to gain a proper understanding of what is happening inside Georgia. Both sides agree that the separatist capital of South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, has been smashed, but Georgia blames Russia's "disproportionate use of force," while the Russians blame Georgia for shelling the city.