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The Star
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Star
Experts: Major web outage came from within
The North's Internet was hit by a major outage that lasted several hours, knocking off connection to government websites and official news services online and severing the reclusive country from cyberspace. It was not clear what caused the outage but it may have been internal rather than a cyberattack, as connections via China and Russia were affected, said researchers who monitor North Korea's Internet and technology infrastructure. North Korea's main official news services, its Foreign Ministry, and the Air Koryo national airline were among websites inaccessible yesterday, before they started coming back slowly around midday. North Korea's entire Internet infrastructure was not showing up on systems that can monitor Internet activities, and email services were also affected, Junade Ali, a UK-based researcher who monitors the North Korean Internet, said earlier. 'Hard to say if this is intentional or accidental – but seems like this is internal rather than an attack.' Officials at South Korea's cyberterror response centre, a police division that monitors North Korea's cyberactivities, could not be reached for comment. Martyn Williams, who specialises in North Korea's technology and infrastructure at the Washington-based Stimson Center, also said the cause appeared to be internal as the Chinese and Russian connections were not working. — Reuters
GMA Network
3 days ago
- Politics
- GMA Network
North Korea hit by major internet outage, likely due to internal cause
SEOUL - North Korea's internet was hit by a major outage that lasted several hours on Saturday, knocking off connection to government web sites and official news services online and severing the reclusive country from cyberspace. It was not clear what caused the outage but it may have been internal rather than a cyberattack, as connections via China and Russia were affected, said researchers who monitor North Korea's internet and technology infrastructure. North Korea's main official news services, its Foreign Ministry, and the Air Koryo national airline were among websites inaccessible on Saturday, before they started coming back slowly around midday according to checks by Reuters. North Korea's entire internet infrastructure was not showing up on systems that can monitor internet activities, and email services were also affected, Junade Ali, a U.K.-based researcher who monitors the North Korean internet, said earlier. "Hard to say if this is intentional or accidental - but seems like this is internal rather than an attack." Officials at South Korea's cyber terror response center, a police division that monitors North Korea's cyber activities, could not be reached for comment. Martyn Williams, who specializes in North Korea's technology and infrastructure at the Washington-based Stimson Center, also said the cause appeared to be internal as the Chinese and Russian connections were not working. North Korea has one of the world's most strictly controlled internet systems, including access to any form of online communication. The general public has access only to an intranet set up by the government and that is not connected to the wider global network. An elite few in the government and leadership are allowed open internet access, and government and news websites often serve up propaganda for outside audiences. North Korea has in previous years experienced large internet outages suspected as being caused by cyberattacks. The country operates elite teams of hackers, including a group known as Lazarus run by the government intelligence apparatus, that are blamed for attacks against foreign institutions and companies and more recently for theft and the laundering of cryptocurrencies. North Korea denies involvement in hacking, crypto thefts and other cybercrime. — Reuters
Business Recorder
3 days ago
- Politics
- Business Recorder
North Korea hit by major internet outage, likely due to internal cause
SEOUL: North Korea's internet was hit by a major outage that lasted several hours on Saturday, knocking off connection to government web sites and official news services online and severing the reclusive country from cyberspace. It was not clear what caused the outage but it may have been internal rather than a cyberattack, as connections via China and Russia were affected, said researchers who monitor North Korea's internet and technology infrastructure. North Korea's main official news services, its Foreign Ministry, and the Air Koryo national airline were among websites inaccessible on Saturday, before they started coming back slowly around midday according to checks by Reuters. North Korea's entire internet infrastructure was not showing up on systems that can monitor internet activities, and email services were also affected, Junade Ali, a U.K.-based researcher who monitors the North Korean internet, said earlier. 'Hard to say if this is intentional or accidental - but seems like this is internal rather than an attack.' North Korea says military ties with Russia to ensure 'peace' Officials at South Korea's cyber terror response centre, a police division that monitors North Korea's cyber activities, could not be reached for comment. Martyn Williams, who specializes in North Korea's technology and infrastructure at the Washington-based Stimson Center, also said the cause appeared to be internal as the Chinese and Russian connections were not working. North Korea has one of the world's most strictly controlled internet systems, including access to any form of online communication. The general public has access only to an intranet set up by the government and that is not connected to the wider global network. An elite few in the government and leadership are allowed open internet access, and government and news websites often serve up propaganda for outside audiences. North Korea has in previous years experienced large internet outages suspected as being caused by cyberattacks. The country operates elite teams of hackers, including a group known as Lazarus run by the government intelligence apparatus, that are blamed for attacks against foreign institutions and companies and more recently for theft and the laundering of cryptocurrencies. North Korea denies involvement in hacking, crypto thefts and other cybercrime.
India Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
North Korea hit by major internet outage, key websites, services impacted
North Korea's internet was hit by a major outage that lasted several hours on Saturday, knocking off connections to government websites and official news services online and severing the reclusive country from was not clear what caused the outage but it may have been internal rather than a cyberattack, as connections via China and Russia were affected, said researchers who monitor North Korea's internet and technology Korea's main official news services, its Foreign Ministry, and the Air Koryo national airline were among websites inaccessible on Saturday, before they started coming back slowly around midday according to checks by Reuters. North Korea's entire internet infrastructure was not showing up on systems that can monitor internet activities, and email services were also affected, Junade Ali, a UK.-based researcher who monitors the North Korean internet, said earlier."Hard to say if this is intentional or accidental - but it seems like this is internal rather than an attack."Officials at South Korea's cyber terror response centre, a police division that monitors North Korea's cyber activities, could not be reached for Williams, who specialises in North Korea's technology and infrastructure at the Washington-based Stimson Centre, also said the cause appeared to be internal as the Chinese and Russian connections were not Korea has one of the world's most strictly controlled internet systems, including access to any form of online communication. The general public has access only to an intranet set up by the government and that is not connected to the wider global elite few in the government and leadership are allowed open internet access, and government and news websites often serve up propaganda for outside Korea has in previous years experienced large internet outages suspected as being caused by country operates elite teams of hackers, including a group known as Lazarus run by the government intelligence apparatus, that are blamed for attacks against foreign institutions and companies and more recently for theft and the laundering of Korea denies involvement in hacking, crypto thefts and other Reel IN THIS STORY#North Korea#Kim Jong-un
Korea Herald
3 days ago
- Korea Herald
Access to major N. Korean websites temporarily disrupted Saturday morning
Websites of some major North Korean organs, including those of state media outlets and the foreign ministry, were temporarily inaccessible en masse Saturday morning for an unknown reason. There were failures in connecting to North Korean websites in the morning, including the official Korean Central News Agency, the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the foreign ministry and the Air Koryo national air carrier. Connections had later been made available as of 3:50 p.m. following several hours of unstable connection. The exact cause for the access failure was not immediately confirmed. Access to those websites sometimes suffered setbacks in the past. In January 2022, the North's major websites reportedly suffered a similar outage due to a suspected distributed denial-of-service attack. At that time, the North's internet went down for about six hours. (Yonhap)
