North Korea’s Internet Knocked Offline In Speculated Attack

When it was “confirmed” by the FBI that North Korea was behind the hack of Sony Pictures, the US government had promised that they would launch an appropriate response. It was unclear what they meant but it looks like the taking out of North Korea’s internet could be one way of going about it.

According to reports, it seems that North Korea’s internet is down and under attack. While it is unclear as to who might be responsible for the attack, some have speculated the US government due to their promise of a response, but this is just speculation for now. Apparently the attacks started last Friday, worsened over the weekend, before it was finally taken offline.

According to Doug Madory, the director of Internet analysis at Dyn Research, an Internet performance management company, “Their networks are under duress. This is consistent with a DDoS attack on their routers.” Madory admitted that there is a possibility that it could have been caused by maintenance issues, it seemed more likely to be an attack due to its prolonged and widespread loss.

Alternatively there could be another hacking group behind the attack, such as Anonymous who had previously threatened to launch their own attacks as well against the country called “Operation RIP North Korea”.

Tyler Lee
Categories: General
Tags: Hacking