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| North Korea loses internet.; Surely, this is a coincidence, right? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 22 2014, 01:24 PM (600 Views) | |
| George K | Dec 22 2014, 01:24 PM Post #1 |
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Finally
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Attack is Suspected as North Korean Internet Collapses North Korea’s already tenuous links to the Internet went completely dark on Monday after days of instability, in what Internet monitors described as one of the worst North Korean network failures in years. The loss of service came just days after President Obama pledged that the United States would launch a “proportional response” to the recent attacks on Sony Pictures, which government officials have linked to North Korea. While an attack on North Korea’s networks was suspected, there was no definitive evidence of it. Doug Madory, the director of Internet analysis at Dyn Research, an Internet performance management company, said that North Korean Internet access first became unstable late Friday. The situation worsened over the weekend, and by Monday, North Korea’s Internet was completely offline. “Their networks are under duress,” Mr. Madory said. “This is consistent with a DDoS attack on their routers,” he said, referring to a distributed denial of service attack, in which attackers flood a network with traffic until it collapses under the load. North Korea does very little commercial or government business over the Internet. The country officially has 1,024 Internet protocol addresses, though the actual number may be somewhat higher. By comparison, the United States has billions of addresses. North Korea’s addresses are managed by Star Joint Venture, the state-run Internet provider, which routes many of those connections through China Unicom, China’s state-owned telecommunications company. By Monday morning, those addresses had gone dark for over an hour. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Larry | Dec 22 2014, 01:28 PM Post #2 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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Well..... there's 3 people who will have to find a new hobby for a while.... |
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 22 2014, 01:29 PM Post #3 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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I am sure we are uninvolved. A joint investigation will surely prove that. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Larry | Dec 22 2014, 01:30 PM Post #4 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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It's Bush's fault.. |
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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| jon-nyc | Dec 22 2014, 01:31 PM Post #5 |
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Cheers
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I have no idea, of course, but it wouldnt surprse me to learn this was the job of hackers, not the US. It seems rather ham fisted for a government response. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Dec 22 2014, 01:32 PM Post #6 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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What jon said. DDoS attacks are so old-school.
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| George K | Dec 22 2014, 01:39 PM Post #7 |
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You think Sony hired a bunch of teenagers, perhaps? |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Jolly | Dec 22 2014, 02:08 PM Post #8 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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As Mr. Durante would have said, "What a co-winki-dink!". |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| Luke's Dad | Dec 22 2014, 04:04 PM Post #9 |
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Emperor Pengin
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Turns out it wasn't an attack, somebody just tried to stream Top Gun. Clogged the whole system. |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| Frank_W | Dec 22 2014, 05:38 PM Post #10 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| George K | Dec 27 2014, 08:10 AM Post #11 |
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And again:
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 27 2014, 08:16 AM Post #12 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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So...do you think we are monkeying with their internet? |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| George K | Dec 27 2014, 08:18 AM Post #13 |
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Finally
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 27 2014, 08:20 AM Post #14 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Axtremus | Dec 27 2014, 11:23 AM Post #15 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Why would we? What's in it for us? |
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| brenda | Dec 27 2014, 12:25 PM Post #16 |
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Fun? |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| Piano*Dad | Dec 27 2014, 12:34 PM Post #17 |
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Bull-Carp
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Signaling. |
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| brenda | Dec 27 2014, 12:37 PM Post #18 |
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That's part of the fun, PD!
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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