South Korea, US hit by more cyber attacks

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

"A third wave of cyber attacks hit South Korea on Thursday evening, blocking or impeding access to official and private 
websites,
amid suspicions North Korea or its supporters are to blame. 

The US State Department said its website also came under attack for a fourth day as it tried to prevent further attacks 
after the White House and Pentagon
websites were among US government entities targeted this week. 

AhnLab, a South Korean developer of anti-virus software, had forecast the virus, which hit dozens of US and Korean 
sites in recent days,
would return at 6:00 pm Thursday (0900 GMT) and hit seven domestic sites."

And later:

"The KCC said the virus was set to destroy the data of at least 20,000 contaminated PCs across South Korea. 

The report added that government agencies and private network security firms said they have identified and closed four 
overseas-based intermediate hosts
suspected of participating in the latest wave of attacks, without elaborating."
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More at
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/441524/1/.html

Juha-Matti
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