North Korea goes completely offline: Report Everett Rosenfeld December 22, 2014
North Korea is having major Internet problems, just days after President Barack Obama promised a proportional response to the devastating hacks against Sony.
The country, which the FBI accused last week of the cyberattack, is suffering a total Internet outage that experts at DYN Research said is out of the ordinary, as first reported by North Korea Tech. According to the research firm, North Korea's Internet connectivity grew steadily worse beginning Sunday night, and then went completely offline Monday morning.
"I haven't seen such a steady beat of routing instability and outages in KP before," Doug Madory, director of Internet analysis at DYN Research, told North Korea Tech. "Usually there are isolated blips, not continuous connectivity problems. I wouldn't be surprised if they are absorbing some sort of attack presently."
In an interview with Re/code, Madory said that even typically strong connections are experiencing disruptions. (CNBC's parent NBC Universal is an investor in Re/code's parent Revere Digital.)
"They're pretty stable networks normally," he told Re/code. "In the last 24 hours or so, the networks in North Korea are under some kind of duress, but I can't tell you exactly what's causing it."
If this is indeed sabotage, I doubt that it was anything provocative launched by our WH occupant Zero the First. I doubt that there's any strong "tea party" enclaves in NK that would merit such an action on his part.
Besides - killing the internet in North Korea would be something like taking away Michael Moore's workout membership card at Gold's Gym. It's something that's never going to be used.
Quote: Rufus T Firefly wrote in post #2................. Besides - killing the internet in North Korea would be something like taking away Michael Moore's workout membership card at Gold's Gym. It's something that's never going to be used. .........................
True.
I'm not sure how accurate this artivle is (I haven't checked all the links) but it definitely seems possible:
Here’s What We Know About North Korea’s Cyberwar Army December 1, 2014, 4:00 PM PST By Arik Hesseldahl
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North Korean hackers have penetrated U.S. military systems more often than attackers from any other country, including Russia and China. The North Korean army’s Unit 121 is its primary force for attacking the computer assets of its enemies. In 2004, a North Korean defector revealed that the unit operates primarily out of a North Korea-owned luxury hotel in Shenyang, China, located about three hours from the North Korean border.
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North Korean hackers get some of their training in China and in Russia. In 2012, North Korea also signed an agreement with Iran to cooperate in combating “common enemies in cyberspace.” One motivating factor for their alliance was the appearance of Stuxnet, a cyber weapon created by the U.S. and Israel and used to attack Iran’s nuclear research facilities.
This whole thing smells. My primary suspects are the Chinese who are using the NKs as cutouts.
As to whether we are responsible for shutting down the NK's internet, I agree with Rufus that it probably wasn't Obama. The best we can expect from him is a stern letter of rebuke, if that.
Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #4This whole thing smells. My primary suspects are the Chinese who are using the NKs as cutouts.
As to whether we are responsible for shutting down the NK's internet, I agree with Rufus that it probably wasn't Obama. The best we can expect from him is a stern letter of rebuke, if that.
The Bammer is really good at bowing to royal foreign leaders. But when things go wrong he likes to make them quake by saying he "disagrees in the strongest of terms".
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