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South Korea’s Internet only “partly free,” says Freedom House
Despite living in one of the most wired societies in the world, South Korean Internet users enjoy a “partly free” Internet due to government censorship of content, according to the results of a global survey on Internet freedom. Censorship of content, which includes many websites that carry North Korean content, has shot up in recent…
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Kim Jong Un visits ‘cell phone factory’
Kim Jong Un visited on Saturday the Pyongyang factory where North Korean cell phones are supposedly made, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency. Photos of the visit, released by KCNA, show Kim touring the May 11 Factory and talking to officials. There’s also a picture of what’s said to be the latest cell phone…
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South suspects North Korean hackers hit on June 25
The South Korean government says it suspects hackers in North Korea were behind a series of cyber attacks last month. The attacks took place on June 25, the anniversary of the beginning of the Korean war, and continued for several days. When they began, several South Korean government and private-run websites were defaced or taken…
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“DarkSeoul” behind some South Korean hacks, says Symantec
A hacking group called “DarkSeoul” was behind some of this week’s attacks on South Korean websites, according to researchers at computer security company Symantec. The company says the group was responsible for denial of service attacks on South Korean government websites and can be directly linked to similar actions in the past. “We can now…
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Analyzing the June 25 DDoS attacks
Tuesday’s series of denial of service attacks on major North Korean websites caused delays and frustration for legitimate users but doesn’t appear to have been as large or successful as the first round of attacks in late March and early April this year. Analysis by NorthKoreaTech.org of data related to the attacks shows the so-called…
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Hackers attack North, South Korean websites
The previously announced June 25 attack on North Korean websites by hackers working under the “Anonymous” name took an unexpected turn on Tuesday when several South Korean sites were hit with attacks. The actions coincided with the release of what hackers said were stolen files on American military personnel. The North Korean attack did start…
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Anonymous counts down to planned DPRK cyber attack
Members of the international hacking collective Anonymous look set to launch a planned cyber attack on North Korean Internet properties at midnight local Korean time on Monday night. The group has also promised to make public some details of documents gained from a claimed attack on North Korean internal servers. In messages posted to Twitter…
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KCNA hits back at Anonymous
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) has attacked claims by international hacker collective Anonymous that it managed to steal North Korean military secrets from computer servers. The attack came in a commentary on Friday, just days before Anonymous plans to launch a cyber-attack on North Korean websites. Earlier this week, a Twitter user claiming to…
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WRN ends Voice of Korea relays
London-based World Radio Network appears to have ended its relays of the Voice of Korea, North Korea’s international shortwave radio service. The broadcasts appeared in May and were being recorded by WRN from Voice of Korea’s daily English-language shortwave broadcasts. Voice of Korea puts out a daily hour-long program in English each day and it’s relayed…
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Anonymous claims hack of North Korean servers
A Twitter user claiming to speak on behalf of the Anonymous hacker collective says members of the group have succeeded in breaking into North Korean computer servers and stealing military documents. “Previously we said we would penetrate the intranet and private networks of North Korea. And we were successful,” the group wrote in a news release…
