Security News > 2011 > March > How N.Korean Hackers Could Inflict Maximum Damage

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/03/09/2011030900429.html chosun.com Mar. 09, 2011 Friday's GPS jamming and cyber attacks, which are suspected to be the work of North Korea, have led to a flood of speculation among experts about possible future provocations by the North. Some now fear that it could resort simultaneous cyber attacks against South Korean power, traffic, communication, military and other state infrastructure. South Korea's international security ambassador Nam Joo-hong said Pyongyang "is trying to prove its superiority in real space with nuclear weapons while boosting electronic warfare in cyber space." The North Korea has been training up a hacker squad since 1986. The government believes North Korea was behind a so-called distributed denial-of-service attack and jammed GPS signals in some parts of South Korea. Some fear the attacks could even be the first stage of an all-out cyber war. How ready is the South for the threat? [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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