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South fingers North in March cyberattacks
South Korea’s government has concluded the March 20 cyberattacks that hit three of the country’s TV broadcasters and three of its banks were launched by attackers linked to the North Korean government. The attacks began at 2pm local time on March 20 and caused the complete deletion of data on hard disk drives in roughly…
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South Korea hit by coordinated cyber attack
An apparently sophisticated and coordinated cyber attack has caused widespread disruption to computer networks and three of South Koreas largest broadcasters and two of the country’s banks. The attack first showed itself at 2pm on Wednesday when computers at KBS, MBC and YTN shutdown. Upon restarting, the computers displayed error messages saying they were unable…
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DPRK issues new threat against Lee, SK media
North Korea came out swinging on Monday against the South Korean government, promising to “burn down” Lee Myung Bak and the country’s conservative media “within three to four minutes, or shorter than that, by unprecedented means.” The threats, which are stronger than the normal anti-Lee rhetoric that comes from the country’s media each day, followed a speech…
