Massive Cyber Attack on South Korea...!

[inf1nity]

Initial reports suggest that the DPRK is behind it, although investigation is yet to pick up pace. The news channels over here are reporting that "skeletons are showing up on computer screens."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/world/asia/south-korea-computer-network-crashes.html?

 

[CZroe]

Initial reports suggest that the DPRK is behind it, although investigation is yet to pick up pace. The news channels over here are reporting that "skeletons are showing up on computer screens."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/world/asia/south-korea-computer-network-crashes.html?

Free iPod?

 

[inf1nity]

sure, what colour do you want?

 

[Printer Bandit]

north koreans are ingenius even with only dial-up.

 

[DaTT]

Free iPod?

How and why did you revive this thread?

 

[Dari]

Why do people blame N Korea when the real culprit is most likely China? I seriously doubt that N Korea has the means and abilities to do something like this.

 

[CZroe]

How and why did you revive this thread?

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=36602680&postcount=83

Created my first thread, got no responses, not even a "free ipod?" question

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2308734

 

[T_Yamamoto]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=36602680&postcount=83

lol. this is actually quite sad.

 

[Kaido]

north koreans are ingenius even with only dial-up.

Does North Korea even have computers?

 

[Ichinisan]

So I guess some new users actually do sign up to post in OT. They usually register to ask a technical question in one of the other sub forums.

 

[CZroe]

sure, what colour do you want?

One of each, plzkthx.

 

[ModerateRepZero]

Why do people blame N Korea when the real culprit is most likely China? I seriously doubt that N Korea has the means and abilities to do something like this.

Your information is out of date. Iirc China has provided some training. And while it's true most of the people starve, the North Korean elite live in luxury and a lucky few are able to access computers.

http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/01/30/internet-access-computers-and-high-tech-life-at-pust/

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-06/north-korea-cyber-hacking/5575420

according to the article there's around 5900 hackers in their cyber war unit