North Korea May Be Behind Cyber Attack on US and South Korea

Bruce Klingner / July 08, 2009

Two dozen U.S. and South Korean government websites were attacked in early July. Malicious programs were found to have targeted 26 websites, including that of the White House, as well as the South Korean presidential office, legislature, and ministry of defense. The cyber attackers utilized a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) approach to overwhelm the websites with data to impede or disable service.

If Pyongyang were behind the recent cyber attacks, it would mark another escalation in North Korean provocations against Washington and Seoul. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service stated that such a coordinated attack was likely the work of a large organization or state. The NIS suspected North Korea or pro-North Korean supporters, but currently has no (more…)