Posted on 10/02/2017 2:11:39 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The United States has reportedly been engaged in offensive cyberattacks against North Korea, but with no destructive results. According to a report by the Washington Post, President Donald Trump signed a directive earlier this year of putting pressure against North Korea that involved several diplomatic and cyber-military actions, including using cyber activities against the country.
The United States Cyber Command, which was elevated to a Unified Combatant Command by the President earlier this year, targeted North Koreas military spy agency, the Reconnaissance General Bureau. The attack was a distributed denial of service (DDoS) campaign with an aim to flood North Korean spy agencys servers with traffic, crippling its access to the internet.
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Don’t talk, just do!
— Yoda. sorta
When you have to shoot, shoot! Don’t talk about it - Tuco
Yeah, I was thinking about that one, too.
“there is no try, there is only do”...Yoda
Fake news.
I’m not sure what the strategic value is of this. What are they trying to accomplish? Do they really think Kim Jong In will stop his weapons development if we show we can attack his computers?
May be better to wait to use this capability to protect our soldiers during an attack.
Lol! First the enemy actually has to have a digital network of computers before you can attack it. (chortle)
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