Web 2.0 enables people to collaborate without regard to boundaries to engage innovation and creativity. But, some people tend to forget about hackers, who are also part of the Web 2.0 sphere and when they have the ability to collaborate, security begins to become a large issue. Wired Science published by PBS, reported on an attack on the Estonian network. The video  takes a look at how Russian hackers collaborated to create a botnet that disabled banks, newspapers, and some government ministries.

An interesting part of the report highlighted Estonian’s Internet Defense Team that ultimately combated against the hackers to bring everything back to normal.  Throughout the video, I was consistently reminding of Die Hard 4 where a ‘fire sale’ (an attack against the entire digital infrastructure of a country) created mass chaos for the entire country.

This is an issue I believe many companies should take seriously as well as governments. After watching this video, I pose this question for all you Wikinomics innovators: with the emergence of Web 2.0, how has the security issue risen for globalized companies to insure their systems aren’t affected? Should their be a greater push for governments to implement Internet defense strategies in case of the Estonia-like event?