Here's A Reminder Of Who Has Internet Access In North Korea
Yesterday, North Korea's four internet networks went offline for nine hours. Reuters explained whom the outage affected:"Current and former U.S. law enforcement and security officials said only a tiny...
View ArticleNorth Korea's Internet Went Down Again
North Korea's access to the internet went down again, hours after it recovered from a serious outage that wiped out the country's limited connection.New Hampshire-based company Dyn Research, which...
View ArticleIt's Alarmingly Easy To Take North Korea's Internet Offline
The Sony hacking saga took an even stranger turn yesterday when North Korea lost internet access for roughly 9 1/2 hours. The cause of the outage can't be conclusively determined.But it appears likely...
View ArticleJapan Is Preparing For A Possible Cyberattack From North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan, fearing it could be a soft target for possible North Korean cyberattacks in the escalating row over the Sony Pictures hack, has begun working to ensure basic infrastructure is...
View ArticleThese Are The Countries That Could Lose Internet Easily
North Korea was taken offline for 9 1/2 hours earlier this week, possibly as the result of a distributed denial of service attack. It wouldn't take much to DDOS the entirety of North Korea: the country...
View ArticleStop Saying North Korea Didn't Hack Sony
This post has been updated with a claim by a cybersecurity company that concluded North Korea did not master-mind the hack.At this point, anyone who doubts that North Korea helped hack Sony is...
View ArticleWe Spoke To A North Korean Defector Who Trained With Its Hackers — What He...
Whether North Korea was responsible for the Sony hack or not, the consensus is that North Korea has some of the best hackers in the world.There have been some reports recently about North Korea’s...
View ArticleHere's What Skeptics Don't Understand About North Korea's Attack On Sony
It is healthy to be a cynic sometimes. Taking information as it is handed out as fact is dangerous. The goal should be to investigate, to interrogate the nature of our beliefs as they meet the facts...
View ArticleRussia Backs North Korea In Sony Hacking Scandal
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has offered sympathy to North Korea amid the Sony hacking scandal, saying the movie that sparked the dispute was so scandalous that Pyongyang's anger was "quite...
View ArticleAmerica Must Stand Up To Cyberattacks
As a steady flow of information about the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures has been revealed, we have watched with shock and increasing concern as American lives and our values have been threatened by a...
View ArticleDemand For ‘The Interview’ Is Shooting Up In North Korea And Its Government...
More and more North Koreans are becoming aware of the North Korea-mocking movie “The Interview,” and the government is doing everything to block it from getting smuggled in to the country.According to...
View ArticleRussia Slams 'The Interview' As 'Scandalous'
Moscow (AFP) - Russia has slammed the United States over a raunchy comedy featuring a fictional plot to kill North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un, saying Pyongyang's anger was understandable.On Christmas...
View ArticleNorth Korea Rages At Obama After Its Internet Goes Down
In a fiery statement on Saturday, North Korea compared President Barack Obama to a "monkey" and accused the United States of being responsible for Internet outages it experienced in recent days. "Obama...
View ArticleSome Lucky North Koreans Will Get To See “The Interview” Because Of This Man
The North Korean government is doing everything to block “The Interview” from reaching its shores, but some North Koreans may get to see the Kim Jong Un-mocking movie soon, risking execution if they...
View ArticleSouth Korea Might Resume Talks With North Korea In Light Of Hacking Accusations
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea proposed on Monday to resume stalled talks with North Korea, an overture that comes amid heightened diplomatic tension after Seoul's key ally the United States blamed the...
View ArticleNorth Korea May Have Hired Hackers To Attack Sony
WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month's massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures, an official...
View ArticleSome Experts Still Aren't Convinced That North Korea Hacked Sony
Washington (AFP) - Even after Washington pointed the finger at North Korea for the massive cyberattack on Sony Pictures, some experts say the evidence is far from clear cut.President Barack Obama...
View ArticleA North Korean Student Is On The Run In France After Escaping Pyongyang Agents
The son of an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s uncle is in hiding in France after evading abduction by agents of the Communist regime, foreign diplomatic sources believe.“There was an attempt...
View ArticleNorth Korea Has A Dedicated Military Team To Keep The Interview Out Of The...
North Korea has set up a dedicated military team given the task of keeping The Interview away from the eyes of its citizens.Pyongyang has been widely blamed for a crippling cyber attack on Sony...
View ArticleIt's 2015 In North Korea Already — Here's How They Celebrated
Residents of Pyongyang were treated to a lavish display of fireworks at midnight as part of North Korea's 2015 New Year's celebration. North Korea had its first grand New Year's Eve celebration in...
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