Report: N. Korean Army Suspected Over Cyberattacks

[steven johnson]

Considering the cyberattack was characterized as being very primitive and unsophisticated, the North Korean attempts don't seem very impressive.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 11, 2009
Filed at 6:06 a.m. ET

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea has obtained intelligence that North Korea last month ordered a military institute of computer hackers -- known as Lab 110 -- to ''destroy'' South Korean communications networks, news reports said Saturday.

The National Intelligence Service informed lawmakers of its finding on Friday, pointing to it as evidence the North was behind massive cyberattacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S. Web sites in recent days, the mass-circulation JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported.

The paper, citing unidentified members of parliament's intelligence committee, said a research institute affiliated with the North's Ministry of People's Armed Forces received an order to ''destroy the South Korean puppet communications networks in an instant.''

The JoongAng Ilbo said the institute, known as Lab 110, specializes in hacking and spreading malicious programs.


Report: N. Korean Army Suspected Over Cyberattacks

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Well, if they can prove it...

Then there is a simple solution: deletion of the NK IP pool and TLD from the root DNS servers. Can't play by the rules, then you don't play at all. Welcome to The Black Hole.