S. Korea and U.S. crippled by cyber attack.

[tyler811]

WASHINGTON (AP) ? A widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime, The Associated Press has learned.
The Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department Web sites were all down at varying points over the holiday weekend and into this week, according to officials inside and outside the government. Some of the sites were still experiencing problems Tuesday evening.

U.S.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? South Korea says the Web sites of major government agencies, banks and Internet sites were paralyzed due to a suspected cyber attack.
The state-run Korea Information Security Agency said that Web sites of the presidential Blue House, the Defense Ministry, the National Assembly, Shinhan Bank, Korea Exchange Bank and top Internet portal Naver have been down or had access problems starting late Tuesday.
Some of the sites remain unstable.
Agency spokeswoman Ahn Jeong-eun says the paralysis happened because of a deluge of computers trying to connect with the affected sites, overwhelming computer servers that handle the traffic.

South Korea

 

[IEC]

That's DDOS, even I could do that.

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: Spartan Niner
That's DDOS, even I could do that.

Is that an admission of guilt?

 

[HappyPuppy]

I assume you posted this in OT because you are too stupid to know where it belongs.

Oh, you are really, really stupid.

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
I assume you posted this in OT because you are too stupid to know where it belongs.

Oh, you are really, really stupid.

Feel better ? :laugh: you make me laugh

 

[Ruptga]

oh boy

/pulls out tinfoil hat and lawnchair

 

[Candymancan21]

Let me guess, July 4th, 7 missles fire by North korea on the same day, south Korea and the US get attacked by cyber crime. Sounds like this was done by the North.

Where is Clint EastWood when you need him

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: Candymancan21
Let me guess, July 4th, 7 missles fire by North korea on the same day, south Korea and the US get attacked by cyber crime. Sounds like this was done by the North.

Where is Clint EastWood when you need him

And Chuck Norris

 

[DAGTA]

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger
oh boy

/pulls out tinfoil hat and lawnchair

tinfoil hat, eh? so you think cyber attacks are not real?

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger
oh boy

/pulls out tinfoil hat and lawnchair

tinfoil hat, eh? so you think cyber attacks are not real?

No, but I do believe in trolls

 

[pontifex]

i'm confused as to how taking down the website is a crippling attack?

 

[DAGTA]

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger
oh boy

/pulls out tinfoil hat and lawnchair

tinfoil hat, eh? so you think cyber attacks are not real?

No, but I do believe in trolls

Like your first post in this thread?

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger
oh boy

/pulls out tinfoil hat and lawnchair

tinfoil hat, eh? so you think cyber attacks are not real?

No, but I do believe in trolls

Like your first post in this thread?

Yes, exactly like that, you really got me on this one :laugh:

 

[Candymancan21]

Originally posted by: tyler811

Originally posted by: Candymancan21
Let me guess, July 4th, 7 missles fire by North korea on the same day, south Korea and the US get attacked by cyber crime. Sounds like this was done by the North.

Where is Clint EastWood when you need him

And Chuck Norris

I just rememberd we left out Rambo

 

[ViviTheMage]

Others familiar with the U.S. outage, which is called a denial of service attack, said that the fact that the

kids in there basements can do this...

 

[Q]

Originally posted by: Candymancan21
Let me guess, July 4th, 7 missles fire by North korea on the same day, south Korea and the US get attacked by cyber crime. Sounds like this was done by the North.

Where is Clint EastWood when you need him

At the barbers.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: pontifex
i'm confused as to how taking down the website is a crippling attack?

Exactly what I was wondering. It's not like all the secret service agents get pulled from presidential duty to go fix a website.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: pontifex
i'm confused as to how taking down the website is a crippling attack?

It's an attack on our communications system, an attack on information resource that the government uses to communicate to it's people. A larger attack, on a much wider array of sites could in fact have larger implications if it happened at the same time a more physical attack took place.

 

[ivan2]

looks like someone just bought a bunch of botnets with the rice given by the chinese.