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Date: Mon Jul 20 2009 - 00:18:48 CDT

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http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00400&num=5185

By Moon Sung Hwee
The Daily NK
2009-07-20

It has been 13 days since the July 7th problems caused by the
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack which paralyzed key websites
in South Korea and the U.S.

The South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) asserted at the
time that those who backed the attacks were either North Korean or
pro-North Korea factions. However, despite such an accusatory
assessment, North Korea has not responded in any way.

The NIS claims that the only group with the desire to conduct cyber
terror attacks against both South Korea and U.S. key organizations is
North Korea, and offered one piece of circumstantial evidences: that
North Korea strongly denounced “Cyber Storm,” the June 27 U.S.-South
Korea joint training exercise on possible cyber terror.

Suspecting that the act was that of a North Korean hacking organization
disguised as a legitimate enterprise located in Shenyang, China, the NIS
has been trying to track down the IP address. However, no clear evidence
has emerged.

Meanwhile, North Korea’s response has been interesting. Generally,
whenever the South Korean government so much as mentions the word
"North," North Korea instantly produces a volley of aggressive claims
about the possibility of military catastrophe. Pyongyang’s silence in
the face of the NIS designation is somewhat unprecedented.

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