Military leaders warn of NK cyber attack

2010-06-09 05:07

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/06/113_67314.html By Jung Sung-ki Staff reporter Korea Times 06-08-2010 Military leaders called North Korea's cyber threat "real," Tuesday, and said there was a high possibility it will conduct an attack on South Korean communication networks during the G-20 Summit to be held in Seoul in November. In a speech at a cyber security conference in Seoul, Minister of National Defense Kim Tae-young said North Korea is focusing on cyber terror attacks against South Korea, including the distribution of false information to Internet sites to defame the South Korean government. "Though an investigation showed the Navy ship Cheonan was sunk by a North Korean military provocation and more than 50 countries support the results of the probe, North Korea continues to distort the truth and try to discredit our government and military in the online community," Kim said. The annual Defense Information Security Conference was organized by the Defense Security Command (DSC). [...] _______________________________________________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA 2010, hosted at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada July 24-29th, offering over 60 training sessions and 11 tracks of Briefings from security industry elite. To sign up visit http://www.blackhat.com

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