North Korea has been conducting “drills” for cyberwar against south Korea

July 7, 2011

North Korea has been conducting “drills” for cyberwar against its southern neighbor using simple, but very effective denial-of-service attacks, according to security experts.

A team from McAfee looked into the attacks on South Korean internet networks in July 2009 and March this year, and concluded they were probably efforts by North Korea to test cyberwar weapons.

Link to the research pdf


US Pacific Northwest Laboratories still trying to get back to normal after cyber attack

July 7, 2011

Days after a highly sophisticated cyber attack, the employees at Pacific Northwest Laboratories are finally able to e-mail with the outside world.  Their website and Internet access is still down.

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