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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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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…
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Anonymous attacks North Korean sites again
A weekend attack on North Korean websites staged by members of the Anonymous hacker group appears to have caused some problems for the sites. Connections to several major Pyongyang-based sites, including the Korean Central News Agency and Voice of Korea, were slow although successful in several tests done in the first few hours of the…
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Anonymous promises more website attacks this weekend
Members of the Anonymous hacking group say they are planning to re-launch attacks on North Korean websites from Sunday. [Updated. See below.] In messages posted to Twitter, several Anonymous members said the “#OpNorthKorea” attacks would resume on May 12 from 1am GMT, that’s 10am in the morning Pyongyang time. OpNorthKorea first began in late March, shortly…
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Hacker publishes North Korean website hit list
An unidentified Internet user posting under the name of the Anonymous hacking collective has published a “hit list” of North Korean websites. The list is said to be related to a coordinated attack that hackers appear to be planning for June 25. The action is part of “OpNorthKorea,” which previously took sites in North Korea…
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Uriminzokkiri restoring after hack
This week’s hack of the Uriminzokkiri website certainly raised the bar in the cyber battle currently playing out online. It marked the first time in the current round of attacks that anyone had managed to break in and deface a North Korean website. Over the last couple of weeks, several sites have been taken offline…
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Hackers claim 15,000 Uriminzokkiri user records
A hacker or hackers working under the umbrella of “Anonymous” claims to have broken into Uriminzokkiri.com, the North Korean-run site based in China, and taken over 15,000 user records. A message posted online makes the claim and includes details for six accounts, apparently showing user names, e-mail addresses, birth dates, and hashed passwords. These are…
