The NK Government may have computers, but the people are SOL. It's pretty damn isolated. Don't they have special TV sets that only pick up government signals?

That means our pornography is now vulnerable


These maniacs must be stopped

Starcraft.

All I can say is that those guys are Farkin' crazy. Way off the deep end. And you've gotta respect the deep end.

/hoping Kimmy J can keep his finger off the trigger a little longer

so, 4chan is a target for Kim jong Il?

FFFUUUUU

dervish16108: The NK Government may have computers, but the people are SOL. It's pretty damn isolated. Don't they have special TV sets that only pick up government signals?

only the lucky ones most of the people cant afford to get the TV and even if they could get one they don't have the electricity to use one

Dammit! They are messing with my ability to surf porn! Fark them.. Time for a new glass parking lot I say!

They can start using Photoshop instead of Etch-A-Sketch.

As funny as the headline may be, I actually was at one point shown in Pyongyang a model north korean flat which had a brand new PC in it (and was told that the family were avid users) but the power plug did not match the NK wall sockets.

Feh. Pretty pussy way to attack someone. Didn't even do any damage. I think we should teach them what a real attack is and drop 100 or so nukes on the commie twats.

Has anyone thought of the porn yet?

We sure this wasn't just another upswing in WoW gold farmers?

Ima4nic8or: Feh. Pretty pussy way to attack someone. Didn't even do any damage. I think we should teach them what a real attack is and drop 100 or so nukes on the commie twats.

I'm pretty sure that our government employs some pretty good hackers. Why not have them take down NK's entire government's computer systems. I am pretty sure we could do that if we wanted.

GLove88mph: so, 4chan is a target for Kim jong Il?

FFFUUUUU

hudef: Has anyone thought of the porn yet?

Cyburai: Dammit! They are messing with my ability to surf porn! Fark them.. Time for a new glass parking lot I say!

Glass parking lots only happen when you nuke a bunch of camel jockeys, superheated sand turns into glass. When you nuke things around Japan you get giant monsters that like to smash Tokyo.

and a copy of Photoshop

20 bucks says it's just convenient cover for the Chinese.

cardex: only the lucky ones most of the people cant afford to get the TV and even if they could get one they don't have the electricity to use one

And you know this because

a) You have been there and have first hand knowledge.
b) My government told me this.

What kind of attack could NK run that amounted to more traffic than a typical day of 100 million browsers just doing their normal thing?

Q Hoe do you pronounce the name of N Korea's capital city?
A.This way! (new window)

Oh puhleeze. The only thing 'officials' know is that some of the DOS attacks came via a proxy server based in North Korea.

So, obviously, it's time for war cheerleading.

DSanchez: And you know this because

c) had a college roommate who's family defected from the country.
d) the photo posted by Kygz

It's all fun n games till they find Fark.

they keep provoking us in all these ways. why dont we do it back,im sure we got some hackers in the states that could fry their whole network in about a week...hint,hint C.I.A.

Githerax: What kind of attack could NK run that amounted to more traffic than a typical day of 100 million browsers just doing their normal thing?

DDOS, they donr recruit zombies that are (only) NK. That is the beaty of teh Intartubes, yuu can pwn 24/7 abywhere on the globe....

\Only need a 486 & skiddie skillz to own a million boxes

They realize their missiles can't reach us, so they gotta do *something*...

crab66: 20 bucks says it's just convenient cover for the Chinese.

THIS

They're messin with our internets.

/approves nukination

sabremkg: they keep provoking us in all these ways. why dont we do it back,im sure we got some hackers in the states that could fry their whole network in about a week...hint,hint C.I.A.

I am sure the CIA could do it, but right before the Second Persian Gulf War erupted my friend sent me a message, "Operation Hack Iraq is on." That was shortly followed by, "Operation Hack Iraq is off." He was a civilian computer programmer with lots of government contracts. When I asked him what he was talking about he did not answer. Then the war broke out and I figured it out. I did not ask again as he clearly should not have told me that. Also I seriously doubt it was called, "Operation Hack Iraq." Just it rhymes and he was excited and very possibly drunk.

So my point is the federal government would outsource it to civilian contractors that have security clearance.

StoneyBologna: Starcraft.

Exactly.

Unleash Starcraft 2 on them, and watch North Korea implode.

/too bad South Korea will basically shut down & cease to exist when that happens...

sabremkg: they keep provoking us in all these ways. why dont we do it back,im sure we got some hackers in the states that could fry their whole network in about a week...hint,hint C.I.A.

I am sure the CIA could do it, but right before the Second Persian Gulf War erupted my friend sent me a message, "Operation Hack Iraq is on." That was shortly followed by, "Operation Hack Iraq is off." He was a civilian computer programmer with lots of government contracts. When I asked him what he was talking about he did not answer. Then the war broke out and I figured it out. I did not ask again as he clearly should not have told me that. Also I seriously doubt it was called, "Operation Hack Iraq." Just it rhymes and he was excited and very possibly drunk.

So my point is the federal government would outsource it to civilian contractors that have security clearance.

seamusferrell
point taken.lets get it done.hell call your buddy!

dervish16108: The NK Government may have computers, but the people are SOL. It's pretty damn isolated. Don't they have special TV sets that only pick up government signals?

When I lived in Communist Russia, there were only two channels on TV. One was blatantly fantastical state propaganda, the other channel was a stern and disapproving KGB official behind a desk, who would suggest you changed the channel, about once every 3 or so minutes. I remember in those days, walking into a store in Moscow and despite seeing empty shelves, asking if they had any bacon. "No comrade. You want across the road. This is a bakery. We don't have any bread". A friend of mines uncle had a near death experience (in every sense of the way), one night he was lying awake worrying about his heart troubles and his inability to get medicines, when he hears the door of his house being kicked in, and loud feet stomping towards his bedroom door which also gets kicked in, he hides behinds his sheets and says "Who's that?" and the answer comes back "IT IS I, THE ANTHROPOMORPHIC PERSONIFICATION OF DEATH, YOUR MORTALITY MADE FLESH" and my friends Uncle relaxed immediately (which probably saved him) "Thank the Saints.." says he, "I thought you were the KGB.".

Please, work harder against the corrupt bourgeoisie kulak along side your waitress. One day we will all have veal.

Those 'attacks' were childish. Carried out by kim-bot script kiddies. Nothing really very clever at all.

I could do better, by myself, on the whole nation of North Korea. If they had anything worth a shait to attack.

Let just get /b/ to LOIC North Korea. I'll bet /b/ has more users than NK, so we should quite easily be able to cripple their network.

InfamousBLT: Let just get /b/ to LOIC North Korea. I'll bet /b/ has more users than NK, so we should quite easily be able to cripple their network.

Anon is not your Army.

Man, they got it wrong. This was all just Kim Jong Il and a laptop baby. He was probably soaking in a jacuzzi getting fellated by an harem while he was crushing firewalls with his mad hack-skills.

/wourd you rike to pray a game?

sabremkg: seamusferrell
point taken.lets get it done.hell call your buddy!

I don't know if you noticed, but I spoke of my friend in the past tense and mentioned that he was very likely drunk when he sent the messages. He died of liver failure this spring. A drunk or not, he did know how to hack.

But DOS attacks typically involve hacking other machines ahead of time, then issuing orders to send absurd levels of traffic to particular servers.

The "source" could still be established by tracing the original hacks and the commands to activate.

That would not require a great deal of bandwidth. It would, however, require cutting-edge expertise, which NK simply shouldn't logically have since it has no computer-using community. You can't simply order just anyone to become a good hacker, even if he's starving or you beat him.

When seeing SK sites had been attacked, implicating NK, I assumed they'd outsourced this job to Russia. Lots of hacking originates in Russia. There are certainly Russians who will do this for hire, however, what money does NK have to pay them with??

crab66: 20 bucks says it's just convenient cover for the Chinese.

The Chinese have nothing to gain by crippling America; who would buy their cheap lead-tainted products?

There's one bright spot on that night map of N. Korea, about the middle of the peninsula. That must be where Kim keeps his cadre of bicycle-peddling slaves to generate power for his ENIAC computer. That would explain how they could HACK the US websites, but not actually achieve anything.

Oznog: But DOS attacks typically involve hacking other machines ahead of time, then issuing orders to send absurd levels of traffic to particular servers.

The "source" could still be established by tracing the original hacks and the commands to activate.

That would not require a great deal of bandwidth. It would, however, require cutting-edge expertise, which NK simply shouldn't logically have since it has no computer-using community. You can't simply order just anyone to become a good hacker, even if he's starving or you beat him.

When seeing SK sites had been attacked, implicating NK, I assumed they'd outsourced this job to Russia. Lots of hacking originates in Russia. There are certainly Russians who will do this for hire, however, what money does NK have to pay them with??

Some could do it because they don't like US

SupremeLeader: legion_of_doo: StoneyBologna: Starcraft.

Exactly.

Unleash Starcraft 2 on them, and watch North Korea implode.

/too bad South Korea will basically shut down & cease to exist when that happens...

Maybe Starcraft's popularity in South Korea is part of some sinister "Ender's Game" program, where the best Starcraft player gets to command the South Korean military?

Judging from the fortifications along the DMZ, they must be pretty assured that bunkers backed by siege tanks can break a virtually endless 'ling rush.

The official press agency of N. Korea follows me on twitter (I know, I know) for reasons I don't understand. But I do enjoy making fun of them.

Welcome to North Korea (new window, about an hour long).

GLove88mph: so, 4chan is a target for Kim jong Il?

FFFUUUUU

Ha, 4chan will show them how to properly zerg rush a government website.

Or they'll DoS the US while using seven or so proxies for the lulz.

//b/ is not your army
//Ceiling Cat help us should they actual realize in an increasingly web based world that they can effect entire governments.

Thatguy: The official press agency of N. Korea follows me on twitter (I know, I know) for reasons I don't understand. But I do enjoy making fun of them.

OK, why? What do you twitter about?

SupremeLeader: Fano: SupremeLeader: legion_of_doo: StoneyBologna: Starcraft.

Exactly.

Unleash Starcraft 2 on them, and watch North Korea implode.

/too bad South Korea will basically shut down & cease to exist when that happens...

Maybe Starcraft's popularity in South Korea is part of some sinister "Ender's Game" program, where the best Starcraft player gets to command the South Korean military?

Judging from the fortifications along the DMZ, they must be pretty assured that bunkers backed by siege tanks can break a virtually endless 'ling rush.

Are you sure that the South Koreans are Terrans?

Well, my assumption from the original korean war was that the PRC and the NK used zergling like mass attacks... personally I would prefer the game to be played with prism towers and Black Eagles, but, we're talking starcraft. Hopefully the South Koreans have some templar on hand...

dmike: Thatguy: The official press agency of N. Korea follows me on twitter (I know, I know) for reasons I don't understand. But I do enjoy making fun of them.

OK, why? What do you twitter about?

Plans. Space plans.