Did the U.S. Kick North Korea Off the Internet?

[Asylum]

Looks like someone decided to spam North Korea.

Not sure if this was a good idea as we might be facing the same in the near future.

What do you guys think?

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/nort...s-restrict-access-GI2EZvX~Rf2PokzA4gh_lA.html

 

[cadaveca]

Nah, it wasn't the US, it was me.






j/k

 

[Asylum]

Nah, it wasn't the US, it was me.

j/k

With no more service routes than they have you might could have done it yourself.

Would just have to have enough resources to use for the attack.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

LOL, loved the quote from North Korea Tech....“Usually there are isolated blips, not continuous connectivity problems. I wouldn’t be surprised if they are absorbing some sort of attack presently". Has "Anonymous" turned it's gaze toward North Korea?

 

[Steevo]

Seriously, how would we know, and more importantly, why should we care?

If individual site owners care they can block the whole subnet from sites.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

What do you guys think?

I wonder where those four connections terminate because where they terminate you'd probably find your answer. I doubt it was the US government. It may have been sponsored unofficially by the US government but not the US government directly.

 

[Mindweaver]

I believe this is called DoI (Denial-of-Interwebz).

 

[Mussels]

poor north korea, how will the masses get their illegal copies of the interview now?

 

[FordGT90Concept]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/22/world/asia/north-korea-internet/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

The last paragraph is interesting:

"We aren't going to discuss -- you know -- publicly, operational details about the possible response options or comment on those kind of reports in any way, except to say that as we implement our responses, some will be seen, some may not be seen," Marie Harf told reporters.

She's the spokeswoman for the Department of State. It comes across me as something is brewing.

 

[OneMoar]

good riddance

 

[D007]

I wish someone could block North Korea leadership from existence..
This short, pudgy lil bastard is going to stir the hornets nest and that dumbass little face of his,
will be stretched out into a nice new American flag..
Merika!

 

[micropage7]

actually i dunno, could be yes, could be no
remember when they say iraq has mass destruction weapons then coalition forces attacked iraq and then it never found
in this case north korea could be placed as the one who did that and then you know next..
i guess its not far from media and opinion war to judge whos behind this
i may grab some popcorn and wait for the sequence

 

[SK-1]

Probably finished their morning bowl of tree-bark soup then fired up their laptop only to find no internet service...I bet they were pissed off!

I knew it.... North Korea internet consists of only 1,024 IP addresses

Read more at http://www.tweaktown.com/news/42216/north-korea-internet-consists-1-024-ip-addresses/index.html

 

[ISI300]

I seriously doubt NK has the capability to hack Sony. Their entire population is barred from having access to internet, or have already starved to death. How the hell do they train the nerds to do that?

 

[Dent1]

I seriously doubt NK has the capability to hack Sony. Their entire population is barred from having access to internet, or have already starved to death. How the hell do they train the nerds to do that?

The North Korean government hires nerds from another country.

 

[RCoon]

I wonder where those four connections terminate because where they terminate you'd probably find your answer. I doubt it was the US government. It may have been sponsored unofficially by the US government but not the US government directly.

The only network connections into North Korea come from China. The US has been begging China to cut off their network lines. Obviously China does nothing to anyone, so the fate of NK's Internet for the glorious leader is pretty sound. All the US can do is a persistent DDoS to prevent them from using the interwebs. Evidently someone has done just that.

The North Korean government hires nerds from another country.

I thought it was evident they hired in Asian computer mercenaries. North Korea can't fire a missile at a target let alone organise a hack against a tech company.

 

[Mussels]

North koreas government has a lot of money for sucha small country, its just not spent on its people.

cracked.com has a few articles (with sources, so ignore that its a comedy site) referencing the dodgy things they do like insurance fraud to bring in foreign money, which they can then spend to let the select few live in luxury - and most of the people there know it from word of mouth (foreigners do come and go, locals sneak out, etc)


It's entirely possible they have a bunch of hackers with foreign educations, or just outright hired help to do it for them.

 

[64K]

I'm amazed that North Korea is able to do all that they do with a GDP of around 40 billion dollars.

http://www.businessinsider.com/mind-blowing-facts-about-north-korea-2014-7?op=1

 

[TheMailMan78]

I'm amazed that North Korea is able to do all that they do with a GDP of around 40 billion dollars.

http://www.businessinsider.com/mind-blowing-facts-about-north-korea-2014-7?op=1

They hide more money than 1946 Nazis man. They have far more flow than that.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

The only network connections into North Korea come from China. The US has been begging China to cut off their network lines. Obviously China does nothing to anyone, so the fate of NK's Internet for the glorious leader is pretty sound. All the US can do is a persistent DDoS to prevent them from using the interwebs. Evidently someone has done just that.

There are in the neighborhood of 200,000 North Korean defectors in China. I'd put my money on one of them doing it and using the Sony story as cover.

I'm amazed that North Korea is able to do all that they do with a GDP of around 40 billion dollars.

http://www.businessinsider.com/mind-blowing-facts-about-north-korea-2014-7?op=1

Severe rationing and reuse. The government never lets outsiders stray from the beaten path because it looks like the third world nation it is. Hell, Iraq and Libya, even being war torn, are likely a better place to live.

 

[Grimm]

I dont care who attacked just "thumbs up" to who did.Id send them to stone age,since they wanted to probably shutdown the movie.GL next time.

 

[Vario]

maybe they have comcast?

 

[Asylum]

North Korea blames the U.S. for Internet outages


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korea-blames-the-us-for-internet-outages/ar-BBhfzzz

 

[FordGT90Concept]

North Korea blames the USA for everything. Doesn't make any of it true.

 

[Asylum]

N. Korea calls Obama 'monkey' in hacking row LOL.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/n-korea-calls-obama-monkey-in-hacking-row/ar-BBhg2Mv