NK blames SK, US for cyberattacks
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March 16, 2013, Saturday
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NORTH Korea yesterday blamed South Korea and the United States for cyberattacks that temporarily shut down websites this week.
Internet access in Pyongyang was intermittent on Wednesday and Thursday, and Loxley Pacific Co, the broadband Internet provider for North Korea, said it was investigating an online attack that took down Pyongyang servers. A spokesman for the Bangkok-based company yesterday that it was not clear where the attack originated.
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency blamed the shutdown on the US and South Korea, accusing the allies of expanding an aggressive stance against Pyongyang into cyberspace with "intensive and persistent virus attacks."
South Korea denied the allegation. The US military declined to comment. Loxley Pacific, which has provided broadband Internet service in North Korea through a joint venture with the government since 2010, said the Internet was back to normal yesterday. Most North Koreans do not have access to the Internet, which remains restricted to a select group.
The cyberattack accusation comes amid a torrent of North Korean criticism against the US and South Korea for holding routine joint military drills that Pyongyang considers preparations for an invasion. North Korea also is incensed by UN sanctions punishing Pyongyang for testing a nuclear device.
South Korean security experts questioned North Korea's quickness to lay blame because it can take months to trace the source of a cyberattack.
Internet access in Pyongyang was intermittent on Wednesday and Thursday, and Loxley Pacific Co, the broadband Internet provider for North Korea, said it was investigating an online attack that took down Pyongyang servers. A spokesman for the Bangkok-based company yesterday that it was not clear where the attack originated.
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency blamed the shutdown on the US and South Korea, accusing the allies of expanding an aggressive stance against Pyongyang into cyberspace with "intensive and persistent virus attacks."
South Korea denied the allegation. The US military declined to comment. Loxley Pacific, which has provided broadband Internet service in North Korea through a joint venture with the government since 2010, said the Internet was back to normal yesterday. Most North Koreans do not have access to the Internet, which remains restricted to a select group.
The cyberattack accusation comes amid a torrent of North Korean criticism against the US and South Korea for holding routine joint military drills that Pyongyang considers preparations for an invasion. North Korea also is incensed by UN sanctions punishing Pyongyang for testing a nuclear device.
South Korean security experts questioned North Korea's quickness to lay blame because it can take months to trace the source of a cyberattack.
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