Who Pulled The Plug On North Korea's Internet? -- Jo Biddle, AFP
Washington (AFP) - North Korea's Internet was on the fritz for a second day Tuesday. But the US is staying silent on whether it launched a cyber attack as payback for the hacking of Sony Pictures.
And in the murky world of cyber security, experts say there are several plausible scenarios for why North Korea suddenly went dark, stressing it's impossible to know exactly what happened.
Did the US launch a cyber attack on North Korea?
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- December 23, 2014
How to bring North Korea to its cyber-knees -- Matthew Gault, Reuters
Cyberwar on North Korea Could Be Illegal -- Shane Harris, Daily Beast
Did North Korea really hack Sony? -- Timothy B. Lee, VOX
Despite What the Cyber Skeptics Say, North Korea Is Behind the Sony Hack -- Brandon Valeriano, Slate
Rare Islamic State visit reveals 'brutal and strong' force -- Caroline Hawley and James Longman, BBC News
Worse than Islamic State? Concerns rise about Iraq's Shiite militias -- Anna Mulrine, CSM
How much has the Syrian war cost the Levant? -- Elena Ianchovichina & Maros Ivanic, Al Jazeera
Prediction: Obama will decide to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016 -- Michael O'Hanlon, Reuters
Pakistan’s New Strategy to Beat the Taliban -- Omar Waraich, Time
Rapprochement on the Nile -- Goitom Gebreluel, Al Jazeera
Ukraine pokes Russia, makes move toward NATO. Was it really necessary? -- Howard LaFranchi, CSM
Falling oil price a dangerous threat to Scotland -- The Scotsman
The end of $100 a barrel oil -- Chris Isidore, CNN
The fall in oil prices: No one saw it coming -- John Waggoner, USA Today
Cuban dissidents shaken by U.S. rapprochement, seek new tactics -- Daniel Trotta, Reuters
Obama's fourth-quarter foreign policy surprises -- Doyle McManus, L.A. Times
Obama’s Still In Charge But Also Still Failing -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary
End of the Facebook Revolution -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Here’s Where You Can Watch The Interview on Christmas Day -- Jack Linshi, Time
7 comments:
Perhaps this is not fair and I'm just feeling cranky, but I could care less.
Mr Scrooge
I'll feel better when the Midol kicks in.
Get a good winter beer, nothing too hoppy, none of that" notes of chocolate and cherries crap", get a good fire going in the fireplace, and get a cat, or dog's head in yor lap,
Put on something fun and entertaining, like a Borne, a Bond, or the "right" Bond.
Breathe deep, relax, squeeze some family, Have a Merry Christmas, and put off the doom and gloom until the New Year.
Sorry, don't drink and do not care for cats and dogs.
"Sorry, don't drink and do not care for cats and dogs." That sounded rather harsh, I do appreciate the thought though.
Jay must be reading my mind James .... last night I watched the last Bourne movie and tonight it will be either the Black Knight Returns or James Bond's Dr. No.
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