7 South Korean web sites facing renewed cyber attacks, official saysJuly 9th, 2009 Official: S. Korea web sites under renewed attackSEOUL, South Korea — A state official says seven South Korean Web sites are under renewed cyber attack.
Official: Major SKorean government Web sites, banks hit by suspected cyber attackJuly 8th, 2009 SKorean Web sites hit by suspected cyber attackSEOUL, South Korea — Suspected cyber attacks paralyzed Web sites of major South Korean government agencies, banks and Internet sites in a barrage that appeared linked to similar attacks in the U.S., South Korean officials said Tuesday. The sites of the presidential Blue House, the Defense Ministry, the National Assembly, Shinhan Bank, Korea Exchange Bank and top Internet portal Naver went down or had access problems since late Tuesday, said Ahn Jeong-eun, a spokeswoman at Korea Information Security Agency.
N.Korea suspected of being behind cyber attacks on S. Korea, USJuly 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - North Korea is suspected of launching an unprecedented large cyber-attack this past weekend against South Korea and a smaller number of US government web sites. The Internet attacks are not isolated, but closely tied a broader North Korean military strategy, including its recent missile and nuclear weapons tests, the Christian Science Monitor quoted analysts, as saying.
Intelligence official says North Korea believed behind cyber attacks on SKorean, US Web sitesJuly 8th, 2009 Official: NKorea believed behind cyber attacksSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces in South Korea committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S. Web sites, a lawmaker's aide said Wednesday.
A look at some of the cyber attacks carried out in recent yearsJuly 8th, 2009 Some recent international cyber attacksA look at some known international cyber attacks in recent years:
—In April, a former U.S. government official said that spies had hacked into the U.S.
Major S. Korean government Web sites hit by suspected cyber attack, official saysJuly 8th, 2009 S. Korean Web sites hit by suspected cyber attackSEOUL, South Korea — Suspected cyber attacks paralyzed Web sites of major South Korean government agencies, banks and Internet sites in a barrage that appeared linked to similar attacks in the U.S., South Korean officials said Tuesday. The sites of 11 organizations including the presidential Blue House, the Defense Ministry, the National Assembly, Shinhan Bank, Korea Exchange Bank and top Internet portal Naver went down or had access problems since late Tuesday, said Ahn Jeong-eun, a spokeswoman at Korea Information Security Agency.
Officials say North Korea believed behind cyber attacks on SKorean, US Web sitesJuly 8th, 2009 Officials: NKorea believed behind cyber attacksSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S. government Web sites, aides to two lawmakers said Wednesday.
Intelligence official says North Korea believed behind cyber attacks on S. Korea, US Web sitesJuly 8th, 2009 Official: N. Korea believed behind cyber attacksSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces in South Korea committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S.
Experts work to untangle US, South Korea cyber attack, disagree over extent of Pyongyang tiesJuly 9th, 2009 Experts work to untangle US, Korea cyber attackWASHINGTON — U.S. authorities trying to unravel the widespread cyber attacks against government Web sites in America and South Korea this week are facing a lengthy, complex investigation that may never identify a culprit, at least not one they would be willing to reveal.
Gujarat police to check cyber cafe records ahead of pollsApril 16th, 2009 Police have started a massive drive across Gujarat's cities and towns to check the records of visitors to the various cyber cafes as a precautionary measure ahead of the polling for the state's 26 Lok Sabha seats April 30. A senior police official involved with the drive here told IANS that police constables on various beats have started carrying out checking of the visitor entries made in the logbooks of cyber cafes in about 25,000 cafes across Gujarat.'The records are being checked from the month of March this year,' the official added.
Terrorists planning cyber war against Britain, warns Lord WestJune 25th, 2009 LONDON - Britain's Security Minister, Lord West, has issued a warning about terrorists' intentions of using the internet to launch a cyber-warfare campaign against the UK. Lord West issued the warning as he published the Government's new Cyber Security Strategy aimed at heading off online threats.
SKorea's spy agency says cyber attackers used IP address in 16 countriesJuly 10th, 2009 SKorea says attackers use IP address in 16 nationsSEOUL, South Korea — Cyber attacks that caused a wave of Web site outages in the U.S. and South Korea used 86 IP addresses in 16 countries, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers Friday, amid suspicions North Korea was behind the effort.
Officials eye North Korea as origin of cyber attack that showed US agencies unevenly preparedJuly 9th, 2009 US officials eye North Korea in cyber attackWASHINGTON — U.S. authorities on Wednesday eyed North Korea as the origin of the widespread cyber attack that overwhelmed government Web sites in the United States and South Korea, although they warned that the complexities of the massive Internet make it difficult to identify the attackers quickly.
'Cyber attacks and cyber terrorism are the new threats'March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Cyber attacks and cyber terrorism are the new looming threats on the horizon and the country needs to focus on specific areas to guarantee cyber security, a senior government official said Thursday. 'There could be attacks on critical infrastructure such as telecommunications, power distribution, transportation, financial services, essential public utility services and others,' said cabinet secretary K.M.
US must focus on protecting critical computer networks from cyber attackOctober 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has suggested that the US must focus its efforts on defending its critical networks from cyber attack because it will be difficult to prevent cyber attacks on critical civilian and military computer networks by threatening to punish attackers. "Adversaries in future wars are likely to go after each other's information systems using computer hacking," said Martin C.