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Anonymous Hacks Into North Korean Websites Again
04/15/2013, Earlier this month, Anonymous revealed they had hacked a number of North Korea’s social networks as part of their “Operation Free Korea” campaign. It looks as though the organization isn’t stopping there as they have yet again launched an attack on [...]
South Korea Blames North For TV Stations, Banks Cyberattacks
04/10/2013, A few weeks ago, we reported on three South Korean television broadcasters and two banks becoming victims of a widespread malware attack, which resulted in serious network outages. The attack was perpetrated by “Whois Team,” which according to South Korea’s internet [...]
‘North Korea Has Launched A Missile’ Accidentally Tweeted By Japanese City
04/10/2013, We think it’s safe to say tensions are high right about now in regards to what’s going on in North Korea these days. We recently saw Anonymous attempt to take matters into their own hands, but it looks like their [...]
Anonymous Hacks North Korean Social Networks As Part Of ‘Operation Free Korea’
04/04/2013, We’re not sure if you’ve been keeping tabs on world news lately outside of reading about the latest Internet trends, but there’s some serious stuff going on in North Korea these days. Nearly everyone is watching to see what Kim [...]
North Korea Prevents Tourists From Getting A 3G Connection
03/26/2013, Earlier this year, we did read about how North Korea, the world’s most reclusive nation bar none, has taken a step into the 21st century, through allowing 3G connectivity for tourists and their smartphones. Well, it seems as though there [...]
South Korean Broadcasters, Banks Crippled By Malware Attacks
03/20/2013, The digital world is starting to become a scary place with reports of numerous popular services getting hacked. We’ve seen ZenDesk, Evernote and even Dropbox suffer from hacker attacks, but a report is coming in from South Korea that may [...]
North Korea Mobile Internet Coming, Residents To Sit This One Out As Usual
02/21/2013, North Korea has been described as a failed or pariah state by many independent observers, where most of the power and wealth are all concentrated in the ruling military elite. Having said that, the country seems to care more about [...]
Google Earth Used To Pinpoint North Korean Labor Camps
01/21/2013, Google’s Eric Schmidt planned to visit North Korea, did just that, and returned days later to say the country needs to embrace an open Internet. Seeing how Google Earth was used in order to pinpoint North Korean labor camps, we’re not [...]
Eric Schmidt Returns From North Korea, Urges Reclusive Country To Embrace The Web
01/10/2013, We’ve been following Eric Schmidt’s visit to North Korea, and it looks like the Google Executive has returned from the four-day trip together with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Jared Cohen of Google Ideas, and Schmidt’s daughter, Sophie. In [...]
U.S. Government Unhappy With Eric Schmidt’s Visit To North Korea
01/04/2013, Eric Schmidt is going to North Korea. While the thought of Google’s very own Executive Chairman visiting a country reputed to have the most restrictive Internet policies in the world seems interesting, the U.S. State Department is not happy. In [...]
Eric Schmidt To Visit North Korea
01/02/2013, According to the Associated Press, Google’s Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt, will be visiting North Korea this month on a private and humanitarian mission led by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Citing sources who asked not be named because the [...]
North Korea GPS jamming device has 100km range
09/07/2011, The reclusive country known as North Korea is said to be in possession of a GPS jamming device that can disrupt signals that occur across a wide area, in fact, including those that are more than 100km away. To date, [...]
North Korea reportedly using gold farmers to fund its government
08/08/2011, For those unfamiliar with the concept of gold farming, it’s where players in an MMO game such as World of Warcraft basically spend hours on end (sometimes they use bots) killing monsters and looting them for gold. The gold is [...]
