Thursday, July 9, 2009

Cyber Attacks Against South Korean And U.S. Sites Continue

Employees of the Korea Internet Security Center inside a monitoring room in Seoul on Wednesday. Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press

More Web Attacks, North Korea Suspected -- Yahoo News/Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) – A fresh wave of cyber attacks that slowed U.S. and South Korean websites this week hit more targets on Thursday, a Web security firm said, while the South's spy agency has said the hacking may be linked to North Korea.

The impact of the attacks, aimed so far at dozens of sites including the White House and the South's presidential office, was seen as negligible, experts said, but served as a reminder that Pyongyang has been planning for cyber warfare.

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More News On The Latest Cyber Attacks

New 'cyber attacks' hit S Korea -- BBC
Official: 7 SKorean Web sites under renewed attack -- AP
Fresh cyber attack hits South Korea websites -- Reuters
North Korea 'launches massive cyber attack on Seoul' -- Times Online
NYSE, Nasdaq Sites Targeted by 'Cyber Attack' -- Wall Street Journal
Cyberattacks Jam Government and Commercial Web Sites in U.S. and South Korea -- New York Times
New Web Attacks Hit Some South Korean Sites -- Wall Street Journal
S Korea's spy agency raises alert level amid additional cyber attack warnings -- China View
Cyber attacks may not have come from North Korea -- Reuters
What's behind cyber attacks on South Korea, US? -- Christian Science Monitor
Attack on government computers draws speculation and shrugs -- L.A. Times
How a Brute-Force Cyber Attack Works -- FOX News

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