OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21797/US_South_Korean_Websites_Under_Attack_North_Korea_Suspected Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:46:06 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Next 9/11 from the Internet http://osnews.com/thread?372350 http://osnews.com/thread?372350 I believe that the next big "terrorist attack" will be staged to appear as coming from the Internet, thus giving the go to censorship and monitoring of the net, as well as more "war on terror".

Anyone that connects vital services to the Internet is doing an error today, that someday we will all pay for.
For less important websites a few hours of ddos is not such a big deal, and I don't think a nation would attack another nation in that way. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (soulrebel123) Comments North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372354 http://osnews.com/thread?372354 If it this was really perpetuated by North Korea, then there is no need to be shocked.

http://www.kcckp.net/kcc_e/index.htm (Official North Korean computer science corporation)

North Korea has a pool of professional hackers and they can perpetuate an internet-based attack or espionage very secretively with relative success.

But here's the interesting part: North Korean programmers have made a computer game AI, Korean-Japanese-English translation software, voice recognition software, medical task software, etc.

For someone who knows quite well about this, North Korea is not in a shape to conduct a full-fledge war in real life.Edited 2009-07-08 21:34 UTC Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (neticspace) Comments US flag http://osnews.com/thread?372397 http://osnews.com/thread?372397 "Yes, we should not use the US operating system Windows, but let's put the US flag as the desktop background and use more our Linux systems."

...oh, piss off! Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dbolgheroni) Comments RE: North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372418 http://osnews.com/thread?372418 Wow, the People's Republic of Korea never ceases to amaze me.
It turns out they are selling their OCR software commercially in Japan with all the bombs flying over our heads.
You gotta love US Embargos.

At least they could be good Communists and release the source code under the ISC license. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sakeniwefu) Comments RE[2]: North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372480 http://osnews.com/thread?372480
At least they could be good Communists and release the source code under the ISC license.


North Korea is not Communist, but Socialist with Korean characteristics (AKA Juche ideology). It's very sad that people don't know very much about North Korea, especially Westerners. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (neticspace) Comments RE[3]: North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372485 http://osnews.com/thread?372485 you should try being Canadian, nobody knows anything about us, and we're freaking right next to the US. It has been shown many, many times the prevailing US view of us is that we all live in igloos, say "eh" after every sentence, that it snows year round here, our capital city is Toronto (it's not) and we all love hockey (we do).

There isn't many people who really take the time to learn about anybody other than their own group/country/whatever.

It's kind of a shame. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BluenoseJake) Comments RE[4]: North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372489 http://osnews.com/thread?372489 I am Canadian of South Korean origin and we tend to like Canada more than USA.

But anyways, I've tried many ways to get a Windows compatible North Korean software via China or Japan. No luck. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (neticspace) Comments RE[4]: North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372513 http://osnews.com/thread?372513
and we all love hockey (we do).


I was led to believe there more curling sheets than ice* hockey rinks. And that's a good thing, because curling is frakking awesome.

*Hockey without the "ice" qualifier is something different - something we Dutch are pretty good at ;) .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_hockeyEdited 2009-07-09 13:19 UTC Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE[4]: North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372516 http://osnews.com/thread?372516 Damn, even I (is that arrogant?) thought Toronto to be the capital of Canada. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (righard) Comments RE[5]: North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372517 http://osnews.com/thread?372517 Curling is big in Canada, but there is definitely more hockey rinks then curling rinks, at least over the entire country (we're large enough that it probably varies by province.)

Lacross is pretty big here too (It's actually our national sport, not hockey, who knew) Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BluenoseJake) Comments Update http://osnews.com/thread?372518 http://osnews.com/thread?372518 Just went on a South Korean news website. Now there is a good possibility that the servers in KBS (South Korea's National TV service) might be hacked.

Sadly I can't give you a link because it is not in English. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (neticspace) Comments RE[5]: North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372521 http://osnews.com/thread?372521 Nope, it's Ottawa. Toronto is our biggest city, however, and currently our smelliest (garbage strike) Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BluenoseJake) Comments Possible? http://osnews.com/thread?372530 http://osnews.com/thread?372530 Ok, can somebody explain this to me: the official North Korean news agency doesn't even have it's website based at home but rather in Japan (http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm). It is, like the whole country, a bit outdated ... yet North Koreans are supposedly behind such an attack. Sound like a lot of b.s. to me. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Odisej) Comments RE[4]: North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372537 http://osnews.com/thread?372537 Hey, I live in Brazil. A lot of people think there are monkeys on the streets, that our capital is Rio de Janeiro (or worst, Buenos Aires) and that the only think you'll see here is soccer and carnival. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dbolgheroni) Comments RE[4]: North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372539 http://osnews.com/thread?372539
It's kind of a shame.


Grammar correction: It's kind of a shame, eh. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fretinator) Comments RE[5]: North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372543 http://osnews.com/thread?372543 You hoser! :-) Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BluenoseJake) Comments RE: Possible? http://osnews.com/thread?372545 http://osnews.com/thread?372545 Not a BS per se. North Korea does have internet access but it's only for "privileged people". Because North Korea's internet environment is rather isolated, it needs an oversea server for its English news. In this case, it's Japan. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (neticspace) Comments RE[3]: North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372573 http://osnews.com/thread?372573 Note that what's known as Communism nowadays in the World that has continued to evolve since the 1950s is not the original "Communism" but "Marxism-Leninism" and its derivatives. Juche falls by that definition into Communism because it is, according to messiah Kim Il Sung himself, a derivative of Marxism-Leninism. Other than that, it is rather unoriginal and further developments by Kim Jong Il have many parallelisms with Stalinism, another Communism variant.

What the parties and Nations choose to call themselves has little relevance, as the Chinese Communist Party can hardly be defined as Communist by any standard(more like 1900s European Capitalism) and the "Socialist" Parties in Europe and the developed world in general are, at their best, Socially Liberal Conservatives. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sakeniwefu) Comments RE[4]: North Korea's computer world http://osnews.com/thread?372647 http://osnews.com/thread?372647 As Dave Foley put it:

"And of course, how can we discuss Canada without discussing the weather. Yes, it is cold in Canada - it is very, very cold. Are you happy now? Yes, the average year-around temperature is 273 degrees below zero - but that is celcius." Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments