North Korea's Twitter and Flickr Accounts Hacked By Anonymous

First time accepted submitter njnnja writes "With tensions on the Korean peninsula continuing to rise, Anonymous hacked into the government-run North Korean Flickr site to post a 'wanted' poster for NK leader Kim Jong Un. It says that he is wanted for 'threatening world peace' and 'wasting money while his people starve to death.' They also hacked into NK's Twitter account and posted a link to the Flickr page."

Comments

How can you tell North Korea was hacked?

[Anonymous Coward]

They post less crazy things!

Re:How can you tell North Korea was hacked?

[MightyYar]

Look, just because we disagree with what they do doesn't mean this is right.

I think this is an extreme example of political correctness gone wild.

Re:How can you tell North Korea was hacked?

[Kaenneth]

Darkest?... or Greenest!

What's their energy use per capita? What are their greenhouse gas emission rates?

And don't forget their victory over obesity, less than .1% of the population is overweight!

Re: How can you tell North Korea was hacked?

[JohnnyComeLately]

You have to be from the US or a 1st World Country, and have never gotten out of your safety bubble. The poorest of US citizens are insanely better off than those starving in 3rd world countries. Human rights are more respected. You've never watched a cop gun down a homeless guy who asked for some food in the middle of the sidewalk, with people all around them. And last I checked, despite 3 wars since WWII, we haven't told anyone that we'd nuke them. Back to the conditions, when was the last time you saw a 5 year old on the side of the street picking through the trash, next to goats and livestock, looking for food and other items for their family? I see it nearly every day in Afghanistan. North Korea is actually worse than Afghanistan, which is mind blowing if you've really gotten out in the world and seen the poverty and despair prevalent. Things you take for granted, or throw away, people would kill you for in quite a few places in the world.

And, numnuts, you are free. Not in the "Vandals" kind of way where you can walk into a deli and piss on the cheese, but post something up critical about your government. Now go sit and watch your door... Nothing... Right. Enjoy that (for now). Now, look for a job and apply. Enjoy the ability. Now, decide you want to drive from your state to the next. Enjoy the ability. Now, look out your window and decide what YOU want to do today. Enjoy that ability. Decide what you want to eat, regardless of what it is because nothing is out or rationed. Enjoy that. Make eye contact with a cop, smile, say hello, and not get beaten (LAPD and NYPD may be exceptions to this). Enjoy that freedom. Got a good idea, such as an Internet Search Engine, a Personal Computer named after a fruit, or goofy site to "Like" stuff your friends made, then go ahead and do it. Enjoy that freedom. Make millions and put it into your own account. Enjoy that for awhile, but keep in mind everyone in the government or with a lawyer is now gunning to take it from you. Enjoy that brief freedom.

Get it? Better yet. Don't get it. Get out and see the world. Spend 2 months in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, or anywhere undeveloped...then come back to me and complain about the US. The last point to make is the irony is the largest reserves recently found of oil is in the US. Are we invading ourselves now smartguy?

Wasn't hard to guess passwords

[ackthpt]

The list included:

hateamerica
nukeamerica
likerodman
rodmanbff

Re:Wasn't hard to guess passwords

[chromas]

"6"? Really? Okay, grampa, back to the Alzheimer's ward with you..

Re:I approve.

[DarkOx]

I don't think there is much to worry about. If our military flying in bomber to show off, in addition to our usual South Korea joint exercise does not do; I highly doubt abuse of their twitter account will.

If this causes them to attack

[Sycraft-fu]

Then, well, it was inevitable anyhow and we might as well get it over with and kill them. Seriously, if they are really so thin skinned, so stupid, and so insane as to launch an attack over something like this, then it would happen sooner rather than later do to something else. In that case, let's have it happen sooner and just get it over with.

Please don't mistake this for me saying "We should go to war with NK!" I'm just saying that if something like this really did spark a war, I wouldn't blame the anon 'tards because the level of insanity, stupidity, and insecurity that it would take to start a war over something so trivial means it would get started over something else anyhow.

Re:I approve.

[Anonymous Coward]

Random dudes on the internet being retarded in public has never, and will never, be acceptable as provocation.

Re:I approve.

[v1]

You have a standoff where neither side wants to fight, nor wants to back down so they just flex and hurl words at each other.

That's not the impression I get from all that's been happening up there in NK lately. They aren't behaving by anyone's definition of "rational". You can't negotiate or reason with someone that's living in their own self-centered world like they are. They simply don't care what the rest of the world does or thinks about them. And that makes them incredibly dangerous, regardless of what their military capabilities are. They could send a company of chickens with slow-fuse grenades across the border and start/re-ignore a war. They don't need nukes.

For all practical purpose, they are 100% unpredictable. You have no way of telling what they're going to do next. Not by looking at what they've already done, not by looking at how the world is responding to them. None of it matters.

So you can't say that any one action by any outside party is going to "be responsible for" or "will lead to." Anonymous is just another side-attraction in this entire spectacle. They won't likely accomplish anything that could be described as a "goal", but at the same time this won't change what NK does in the next 10 minutes let alone the next 10 months.