North Korea Internet is Down

http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/22/north-korea-is-suffering-a-complete-internet-outage/


The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (that's "North Korea" to the common man) has just four networks that connect to the world wide web -- and none of them are working today. "The situation now is they are totally offline," Doug Madory, director of internet analysis at Dyn Research told Bloomberg. After a weekend of spotty connections, the country's pipeline to the outside world reportedly went down this morning. "This isn't normal for them," Madory said. "Usually they are up solid. It is kind of out of the ordinary. This is not like anything I've seen before."

The Network researcher didn't go out of his way to suggest that North Korea's internet service is under direct attack, but the idea has some merit. Just last week the FBI officially stated that it believed North Korea to be behind the recent hack at Sony Pictures, and US President Barack Obama promised to "respond proportionally, and in a place, time and manner that we choose." Considering the events of the past week, it's an easy suspicion to cling to, but it's also very unconfirmed: White House National Security spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan stated that the White House has no new comments on North Korea today. "If in fact North Korea's internet has gone down," she wrote to Bloomberg, "We'd refer you to that government for comment."

US involvement isn't the only possibility either -- North Korean's own infrastructure could simply be buckling due to poor maintenance or, more likely, China (the country through which North Korea pipes all of its internet connections)could be disrupting service directly. As always, it's difficult to pinpoint the source of a proposed attack without direct evidence. Though if such evidence does come forward, it could mean more drama: North Korea has warned that the US will face "serious consequences" if it moves to attack North Korea in retaliation for the Sony attacks, which, of course, the People's Republic vehemently denies involvement with.

If US govt is responsible for this they should replace the NK Internet connection with a streaming feed of 'The Interview' on endless loop. Phone Post 3.0

Was thinking of posting ching a chong potato meme, but chickened out.

lol

Bick Koxer - If US govt is responsible for this they should replace the NK Internet connection with a streaming feed of 'The Interview' on endless loop. Phone Post 3.0

Gay Asian porn that looks like "the Leader"

There's like six really pissed off people in NK right now.

Bick Koxer - If US govt is responsible for this they should replace the NK Internet connection with a streaming feed of 'The Interview' on endless loop. Phone Post 3.0


Two streams: One of "The Interview" and one of "Team America World Police."



 



I so hope we are hacking them so bad that it hurts. 

pennviachoke - They should link everything to matbattle Phone Post 3.0

This.

The Mat Pimp - There's like six really pissed off people in NK right now.
Lol. VU Phone Post 3.0

northkoreaaa

 

Engadget - Internet connectivity between North Korea and the outside world, though never robust to begin with, is currently suffering one of its worst outages in recent memory, suggesting that the country may be enduring a mass cyber attack a few days after President Obama warned the US would launch a “proportional response” to North Korea’s hack against Sony. Two other cybersecurity firms confirmed to the New York Times that North Korea’s is collapsing amid an apparent cyber attack. The outage also comes as China is investigating the accusations against North Korea over the Sony hack. North Korea’s internet access is wired through China, which gives China more or less direct control over North Korea’s access to the outside world.

Someone needs to post our favorite Serra picture Phone Post 3.0

China could end the attack in a second if they shut the net off to North Korea.

Phuckles -
Bick Koxer - If US govt is responsible for this they should replace the NK Internet connection with a streaming feed of 'The Interview' on endless loop. Phone Post 3.0


Two streams: One of "The Interview" and one of "Team America World Police."



 



I so hope we are hacking them so bad that it hurts. 

Unfortunately mat pimp is right. 99.9% of their population cannot go online anyway.

At least this directly affects the rich ruling class and not commoners. Phone Post 3.0

CDarwin - 


Was thinking of posting ching a chong potato meme, but chickened out.



It's not like anyone from there could see it anyway

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I bet it is anonymous doing a ddos attack. Phone Post 3.0

BaconRage -
CDarwin - 


Was thinking of posting ching a chong potato meme, but chickened out.



It's not like anyone from there could see it anyway

Well played. Phone Post 3.0

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hercules_mma_kosark - I bet it is anonymous doing a ddos attack. Phone Post 3.0
Doesn't a ddos attack a particular site as opposed to an entire network?

I wouldn't know. Phone Post 3.0