The investigators of the tremendous hack which crippled the South Korean banking system have traced it back to… Chinese servers! However, even despite Chinese IP addresses being used in the hack, North Korea still remains the prime suspect.
As you know, IP addresses can be manipulated and the chances are that the intruders could just be hiding behind the Chinese servers. Previously, South Korea has accused its northern neighbour of starting massive cyber attacks, and the industry observers believe that North Korea is the one behind the latest attack, which disabled almost 32,000 machines used by three banks and three media outlets. The country’s authorities think this attack originated from a single organization.
In the meantime, the hack came amid high tensions in the Korean peninsula, thus representing an escalation of North Korean rhetoric. Recently, North Korea carried out its 3rd nuclear test, while making multiple threats against South Korea and US interests in the area. Last week, North Korea claimed it would attack American bases in Okinawa and Guam if provoked. Apparently, it doesn’t take much to provoke the country, so the United States should better watch its step in the region.
In addition, North Korea was eager to tell the world that the country now has its own drones through the state news agency, which claimed that its glorious armed forces carried out a mock drone attack on the South. According to the report, the drones went on to complete the mission and deliver a super-precision attack on enemy targets. At the same time, a missile defence unit shot down a target which mimicked a Tomahawk cruise missile. Of course, these reports can’t be independently confirmed, but US analysts can still find them quite amusing.
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