Re: South Korea, US hit by more cyber attacks

["Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

I've blogged my take on this situation, fwiw.

http://tinyurl.com/nncnxw



-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Juha-Matti Laurio
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 8:54 AM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] South Korea, US hit by more cyber attacks

"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/.ht
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Juha-Matti
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