North Korean internet goes dark (yes, they had one)

Tue Dec 23 06:02:56 UTC 2014

On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Javier J <javier at advancedmachines.us>
wrote:

> But I can ping them.
>
> https://nknetobserver.github.io/
>
> And what would it matter if its offline, they already block their
> population. What exactly is offline?
>

The Kim of the moment, the elite, a few journalists, and the like. And,
assuming they actually did the exploit in country and didn't outsource it
to the Chaos Computer Club (or whomever), their crack team of Sony takedown
hackers.

There is a separate, inside DPRK only, network for the hoi polloi.

Regards
Marshall

>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
> >
> wrote:
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> > Any of you guys want to fess up? :)
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.msnbc.com/the-ed-show/watch/north-koreas-internet-goes-dark-376097859903
> >
> > (Yes, I know, they're saying it's a DDoS, not a routing hack...)
> >
>