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Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Is North Korea Behind Cyber Attacks?

SEOUL, South Korea (July 8) - South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S. government Web sites, aides to two lawmakers said Wednesday.

The sites of 11 South Korean organizations, including the presidential Blue House and the Defense Ministry, went down or had access problems since late Tuesday, according to the state-run Korea Information Security Agency. Agency spokeswoman Ahn Jeong-eun said 11 U.S. sites suffered similar problems. She said the agency is investigating the case with police and prosecutors.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

One of the federal sites attacked was the cyber-security site. Gives you warm fuzzies thinking that your medical records will soon be available on line, doesn't it? One Big A$$ Mistake America.

Anonymous said...

ditto, not to mention all accounts & other personal info, everywhere you've left a trail...everything computer controlled, trains, buses planes, businesses...not just medical records. i want to have a choice on whether to opt out or not.

Anonymous said...

Won't be long before Obama is in bed with them.

dave said...

Let's get them back! wait, do they have servers to bring down?