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| South Korean banks and media systems paralysed amid state-sponsored hacking fears | |
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| South Korea is investigating whether a North Korean cyber-attack is responsible for the paralysis of computer systems at major media and banks, the state news agency has reported. | South Korea is investigating whether a North Korean cyber-attack is responsible for the paralysis of computer systems at major media and banks, the state news agency has reported. |
| Yonhap said the military had upgraded its information surveillance status after the computer networks of three broadcasters – KBS, MBC and YTN – and two banks, the Shinhan and Nonghyup, froze at around 2pm. | Yonhap said the military had upgraded its information surveillance status after the computer networks of three broadcasters – KBS, MBC and YTN – and two banks, the Shinhan and Nonghyup, froze at around 2pm. |
| South Korean internet service provider LG UPlus said it believed its network had been hacked. YTN said that Seoul's internet security agency had yet to find any evidence of external attacks. | |
| The development comes amid high tensions on the Korean peninsula and days after the North accused the United States of staging cyber-attacks against it following a two-day internet outage that disrupted its main news services and websites. Access to the internet is restricted to a tiny proportion of the North's population, perhaps a few thousand people. | The development comes amid high tensions on the Korean peninsula and days after the North accused the United States of staging cyber-attacks against it following a two-day internet outage that disrupted its main news services and websites. Access to the internet is restricted to a tiny proportion of the North's population, perhaps a few thousand people. |
| Daniel Pinkston, the north-east Asia project director for the International Crisis Group, said the timing was interesting given Pyongyang's accusations of US cyber-attacks and said that there were ongoing concerns about North Korea developing its hacking capabilities. | Daniel Pinkston, the north-east Asia project director for the International Crisis Group, said the timing was interesting given Pyongyang's accusations of US cyber-attacks and said that there were ongoing concerns about North Korea developing its hacking capabilities. |
| Pyongyang reacted furiously after the United Nations security council tightened sanctions because of its latest nuclear test. | Pyongyang reacted furiously after the United Nations security council tightened sanctions because of its latest nuclear test. |
| Analysts say that while no one wants war the risks of misunderstanding or misjudgement rise as frictions increase – particularly given the relative youth and inexperience of the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, and the fact that a new president, Park Geun-hye, has just taken office in the South. | Analysts say that while no one wants war the risks of misunderstanding or misjudgement rise as frictions increase – particularly given the relative youth and inexperience of the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, and the fact that a new president, Park Geun-hye, has just taken office in the South. |
| Countries around the world are growing increasingly concerned about the risks of cyber-attacks. | Countries around the world are growing increasingly concerned about the risks of cyber-attacks. |