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North Korea's Cyber War
hot Air ^ | 07/08/2009 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 07/08/2009 9:52:15 AM PDT by fiscon1

Having rattled his saber through a series of missile launches over the past few weeks, Kim Jong-Il has also indulged himself in quieter methods of rattling his enemies. Since late last week, North Korea has conducted cyber attacks against both South Korea and the US, according to officials in Seoul. The attacks took US government systems off line intermittently since July 4th and continue at least through last night:

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: foreignpolicy; nkorea; northkorea; obama

1 posted on 07/08/2009 9:52:15 AM PDT by fiscon1
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To: fiscon1

I had no idea N Korea could afford computers.


2 posted on 07/08/2009 9:55:32 AM PDT by Notoriously Conservative (<a href="http://www.notoriouslyconservative.com"> NotoriouslyConservative.com</a>)
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To: fiscon1

Hey fellow geeks...

This is basically a Denial of Service (DoS) attack via zombies, right? Nothing much new here, except for the massive size of the attack, right?


3 posted on 07/08/2009 9:58:36 AM PDT by TWohlford
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To: TWohlford

I would think that retaliation is in order. Well, maybe not in this administration.


4 posted on 07/08/2009 10:01:58 AM PDT by ataDude (Its like 1933, mixed with the Carter 70s, plus the books 1984 and Animal Farm, all at the same time.)
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To: ataDude

“I would think that retaliation is in order.”

Have the Chinese run all North Korea’s web traffic through that “Golden Shield Project” content filter. That way the Great Leader can’t get to his pr0n or his sports gambling sites.


5 posted on 07/08/2009 10:04:57 AM PDT by TWohlford
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To: ataDude

When it comes to foreign policy, Obama has the mentality of a third-World dictator.


6 posted on 07/08/2009 10:59:33 AM PDT by popdonnelly (The Democrats have returned to their game of supporting totalitarian regimes. Now they're muslim.)
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