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S. Korea Says Cyber Attack From North Wiped 48,700 Machines
wiredmikey writes "An official investigation into a major cyber attack on South Korean banks and broadcasters last month has determined that North Korea's military intelligence agency was responsible. An investigation into access records and the malware used in the attack pointed to the North's military Reconnaissance General Bureau as the source, the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) said on Wednesday. To spread the malware, the attackers went through 49 different places in 10 countries including South Korea, the investigation found. The attacks used malware that can wipe the contents of a computer's hard disk (including Linux machines) and damaged 48,700 machines including PCs, ATMs, and servers."
Just think about all of those hours lost playing StarCraft.
In other news, the entire population of South Korea is now looking for that 1 StarCraft CD so they can install it on all their machines again.
"I can see nations targeting unprotected civilian computers in enemy nations."
The South should immediately retaliate and wipe all the North's computers, both of them.
Have you audited all your rice's genes? A leaked Monsanto report said most versions have a buffer-overflow bug somewhere in chromosome 6, but they didn't say exactly where. Unless North Korea buys their seed rice from Theo De Raadt...
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Yeah that is convenient. Let me guess - you also wear a condom 24 hours a day "just in case".
If they got them from Theo De Raadt, they will be secure, but hard to grow, and not very healthy. His mouth will also tempt people to attack your rice fields.
albiet in a state not necessarily the same as you were before
Yeah, your timestamp and permissions might be missing.
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