Report: North Korea May Be Behind DDOS Attacks On U.S., Korean Government Sites
By Tim Wilson | DarkReading
Supporters of North Korea may be behind a series of denial-of-service attacks that have crippled U.S. and South Korean government Websites during the past five days, a news report says.
According to an Associated Press report, an unnamed South Korean lawmaker's aide stated that intelligence agencies believe North Korean sympathizers are behind the distributed denial-of-service attacks, which overwhelmed at least a dozen U.S. government sites and 11 South Korean sites, including the U.S. White House and South Korea's Blue House.
The National Intelligence Service -- South Korea's main spy agency -- told AP it couldn't immediately confirm the report.
Other news reports say the attacks also targeted nongovernment sites, including the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq stock market, and The Washington Post.
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