Analyst: North Korea's Internet disrupted

[spqrzilla]

More likely the Starbucks location in Seoul rebooted its wifi router.

[Eric P]

If we are doing it, we need to crash every system we can, wipe clean every bit of data and cripple their I-net as much as possible. Hopefully hack into their missile command and order self destruct on every one of their weapons.

[mtnrider]

I highly doubt it was us. Why "show our hand" over something like this? Whoever, whatever caused this will now have all those holes closed so they just gave up their secrets.

My guess? It was North Korea themselves. Publicity stunt to try and blame it on us.

[buffalobo]

Pompous little dictator probably tripped over power cord trying to learn Gangnam style.


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

[Ronin13]

The media is reporting widespread internet outage in North Korea? I'm more surprised at the fact that there is "widespread internet" to be had anywhere in North Korea.

[flogger]

Either way, heads are going to rowr.

[trlcavscout]

Probably a 15 year old in his moms basement in Baltimore who got tired of jerking off to that song where the guy in the suit rides the invisible horse so he decided to have some fun. Compared to some of the things that have been hacked I wouldn't think NK would be that hard.

[CO Hugh]

The media is reporting widespread internet outage in North Korea? I'm more surprised at the fact that there is "widespread internet" to be had anywhere in North Korea.

Yeah like 2 people. I can't imagine even hundreds having access and access must be so heavily censored that your search engine is really a NORK commissar.

Exit question: I wonder if google and mircorsoft have assisted NK setting up internet filters and locating dissidents like they do in China.

[trlcavscout]

Yeah like 2 people. I can't imagine even hundreds having access and access must be so heavily censored that your search engine is really a NORK commissar.

Exit question: I wonder if google and mircorsoft have assisted NK setting up internet filters and locating dissidents like they do in China.

Nah NK can't afford their services.

[HoneyBadger]

Probably a 15 year old in his moms basement in Baltimore who got tired of jerking off to that song where the guy in the suit rides the invisible horse so he decided to have some fun. Compared to some of the things that have been hacked I wouldn't think NK would be that hard.

It would actually be pretty difficult to hack the SCADA systems or infrastructure of NK because all their equipment is so antiquated.