Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Has North Korea Declared Cyber War Against Us?

An official gives a briefing about cyber attacks at the National Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. 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. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Hwang Kwang-mo)

Attack Of The North Korean Zombies -- Foreign Policy Blog

No, not that kind.

As many as 26 U.S. and South Korean Web sites have been hit by thousands of zombified computers in the last two days, according to news agencies from both countries. Though the hackers responsible have not stepped forward, South Korea's intelligence service believes the widespread outages are the work of the North Korean government:

'This is not a simple attack by an individual hacker, but appears to be thoroughly planned and executed by a specific organization or on a state level,' the National Intelligence Service said in a statement, adding that it is cooperating with the American investigative authorities to investigate the attacks."

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More News On North Korea's Declaration of Cyber War

White House among targets of sweeping cyber attack -- Breitbart/AP
Federal Web sites knocked out by cyber attack -- Yahoo News/AP
North Korea a suspect in cyber attacks in US -- Washington Post
Officials: N. Korea believed behind cyber attacks -- Yahoo News/AP
U.S., South Korea Search for Source of Cyber Attacks -- Wall Street Journal
Some recent international cyber attacks -- Yahoo News/AP

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