North Korea, China, and Russia Attack United States

Flopping Aces ^ | 07-08-09 | Scott Malensek

[Starman417]

A few days ago, I read this article "Spies 'infiltrate US power grid' ", and I thought, "Wow, that's hardly a surprise," but I blew it off. I disregarded it-not because Michael Jackson's funeral was on TV, or because I was preparing/partying/recovering from 3 days of straight BBQ party for the Fourth of July. No, I blew it off because we all suspected this kind of thing was always happening, always possible, and it's like the threat of nuclear war: awful, not something one wants to think about, and we kind of already know the consequences.

Today, multiple papers are reporting a combined attack, and this time...it IS an outright attack on the United States-not a mere probe. Official: N. Korea believed behind cyber attacks

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces in South Korea committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S. Web sites, a lawmaker's aide said Wednesday.

The sites of 11 South Korean organizations including the presidential Blue House and the Defense Ministry went down or had access problems since late Tuesday, according to the state-run Korea Information Security Agency. Agency spokeswoman Ahn Jeong-eun said 11 U.S. sites suffered similar problems.

Governments hit by cyber attack

A widespread computer attack has hit several US government agencies while some South Korean government websites also appear to be affected.

The US Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department were all hit by the attack that started on July 4. ... The attack slowed down and, in some cases, shut government websites, including the site of the presidential office, for several hours.

President Obama hasn't commented on having his website shut down by the North Koreans, but one can expect yet another "stern warning" like the twelve warnings NKorea got after they fired missiles, launched an ICBM, tested a nuke, threatened the entire United Nations, and declared the half century armistice as over.

[SMARTY]

With Obama as ‘President’ and all the Liberals standing on their heads to dismantle the U.S., our enemies smell blood in the water and are acting just like sharks on the blood scent..... this will get interesting!

We almost deserve what’s coming, I am sorry to say that, but it is sort of what I feel right now.

[DonaldC]

Why we put critical infrastructure on a public network has always confused me.

[Lazamataz]

If we don’t completely hose North Korea’s internet capability outright, we are absolute p*ssies.

[WKUHilltopper]

Can’t say that’s not a good observation...

[joe fonebone]

first the strongly worded letter, the the standard forceful rhetoric, and then the letter of condemnation from the state department.....standard FUBO response

[mc5cents]

Why we put critical infrastructure on a public network has always confused me.

Simple, so you can go online and see how much energy we are wasting. And oh, so you can check your bill. Very convenient. /sarc

[Antoninus]

We almost deserve what’s coming, I am sorry to say that, but it is sort of what I feel right now.

Scary, but I agree. Prepare yourself and your family as well as you can now.

[jonrick46]

Reminds me of how the Roman Empire fell surrounded by enemies.

[reagan_fanatic]

If our government were smart (jury’s still out on that one) they’d have a closed secure system apart from the Internet for critical govenment institutions.

[MaxMax]

Tell the Paper-Boy-In-Chief that nobody is getting his message of surrender,
they just want us dead.

[Sig Sauer P220]

We almost deserve what’s coming, I am sorry to say that, but it is sort of what I feel right now.

Slightly over half the country does anyway.

[firebasecody]

wrt to your statement: We do.

[spyone]

This is an act of war. Appropriate actions need to be taken immediately.

[Cheburashka]

Reminds me of how the Roman Empire fell surrounded by enemies.

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Yeah, right. Only the Roman Empire and the United States ever had enemies, all the other empires in history were surrounded by unicorns, kittens, and puppies.

[TopQuark]

If the world, and we in particular, do not respond to their rocket launches -— not even dare to board their ships in international waters -— N. Koreans are correct in assuming that we'll do absolutely nothing against such an “innocuous” thing as a computer attack.

G-d help us.

[jonrick46]

I should have been more clear: If there is weakness in the leadership, we will fall like the Roman Empire, surrounded by enemies. We may not be surrounded by physical proximity by enemies, but because of technology, they surround us just the same.