Posted on 07/08/2009 2:56:47 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
N. Korea suspected to be behind cyber attack: source
SEOUL, July (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to have orchestrated the recent cyber attack that disrupted dozens of South Korean Web sites, including that of the presidential office, parliamentary sources said Wednesday, citing informal reports by the top spy agency.
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) suspects North Korea or its sympathizers may have been behind the Internet attack against major South Korean Web sites of government agencies, banks and Internet portals, which was first detected Tuesday evening, according to the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The spy agency briefed some of the lawmakers on an individual basis or showed written reports that mention North Korea as the suspected source of the attack.
The NIS will report to the parliamentary intelligence committee on Thursday with its analysis, they added.
Due to the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, Internet home pages, including foreign and defense ministries, as well as the presidential office, were shut down or slowed down for hours.
Ping!
We are watching the next world war break out right before our eyes. First came the economic warfare. Now the intelligence warfare.
We should consider this an act of war. Of course, Obama is in charge so we’ll do this....
::crickets::
China?
Second down the list, IMHO.
The logical grid necessarily leads this shenanigan right straight to the front door of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
My take? Probably something nasty coming out of Kimch’aek Institute of Technology in P’yongyang and/or from the Graduate Division of P’yongyang Computer Technical College- ....these are crack teams developed under the aegis of the Korean People’s Army—but this might be low level stuff, just testing and probing. It is clear whom they want to hit, though. Usually one KPA lieutenant is in charge of a core/team of DPRK cyber attackers. Sources: South Korean media our time, tonight.
::crickets::
You nailed it.
And everyone thought Biden was the doofus.
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