Thursday, July 9, 2009

North Korea – cyberterrorist or not?



As I blogged a href="http://socraticgadfly.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-north-korea-into-cyberterror.html"two days ago/a, and the mainstream media is finally catching up to, that’s the best explanation I can think of for cyberattacks that knocked out financial and national security websites a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090708/ap_on_go_ot/us_cyber_attack_4"in both the U.S. and South Korea/a over the Fourth of July.br /br /And, here's what the MSM is saying.br /br /The Washington Post says a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2009070800066.html"it has the earmarks of North Korea/a, also citing South Korean official government suspicions.br /br /But Reuters says, a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5680C220090709?sp=true"wait a minute/a, citing experts who claim the attacks did not originate from computers inside North Korea, claiming the attacks were “unsophisticated,” too, for North Korea.br /br /On the other hand, back to the Post story, cyberexperts there note that, alongside the “amateurish” part was the high volume of the attack, something most amateurs could’t deliver.br /br /Now, in contrast to South Korea, U.S. government officials are still being tight-lipped,br /br /If my question has a “yes” answer, U.S. and South Korean officials both have to be pooping their pants. The Kims, father and son, are both not the most mentally stable world leaders.br /br /And, remember how North Korea partners with Pakistan’s A.Q. Khan to spread rocket technology and nuclear know-how? Don’t you doubt for a second that Pyongyang will sell this technology wherever possible.div class="blogger-post-footer"There is no god and I am his prophet.img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7532871-673188776038996143?l=socraticgadfly.blogspot.com'//div

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