South Korean TV Networks And Banks Shut Down After Cyber Attacks

South Korean TV Networks And Banks Suffer Computer Crashes After Suspected Cyber-Attack From The North -- Daily Mail

* Computer systems shut down at offices of two state broadcasters
* Banks unable to serve customers after computers completely paralysed
* Attack blamed on North Korea after weeks of fiery rhetoric from leader Kim

South Korea appears to have been the target of a cyber-attack from the North after computer systems at broadcasters and banks in the country simultaneously crashed today.

The shutdown came just days after North Korea was hit by cyber-attacks which temporarily disabled a number of websites in Pyongyang and which it blamed on the U.S. and South Korea.

The two nations have been engaged in an increasingly aggressive war of words in recent weeks, with North Korea threatening war after cancelling the decades-old ceasefire between the neighbours.

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More News On Today's Cyber Attack Against South Korea

South Korea raises alert after hackers attack broadcasters, banks -- Reuters
South Korea on alert for cyber-attacks after major network goes down -- The Guardian
Malware Blamed for Crashing S. Korean Computer Networks -- Voice of America
South Korea network attack 'a computer virus' -- BBC
Virus eyed in S. Korean computer outages -- UPI
S. Korean Banks Fall Victim to Biggest Cyber Attack in Two Years -- Bloomberg Businessweek
South Korean banks and media report computer network crash, causing speculation of North Korea cyberattack -- FOX News/AP
South Korea Investigates Cyberattack -- Wall Street Journal
South Korea probes computer 'attack' -- BBC
Korean Bids Signal Stock Rebound as Cyber Attack Probed -- Bloomberg
S.Korea Investigates Possible Cyberattack Following Widespread Network Outage -- Voice of America
Computer networks of broadcasters, banks paralyzed -- Yonhap News Agency (South Korea)
Fingers point north amid growing concerns in Seoul of a cyber attack -- Sydney Morning Herald
South Korea shocked by cyber attack -- The Telegraph
South Korea cyberattack: whodunit? -- Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor