On Tuesday (local time) in North Korea once again began to operate the website of the state news agency KCNA and the newspaper “Rodong Sinmun”, press organ of the Central Committee of the Labour Party. However, it seems that they have resumed operation only in part and how unstable – Reuters reported.
The disruption came a few days after the United States accused Pyongyang for a cyber-attacks on label Sony Pictures. President Barack Obama announced that the United States will respond “proportionally”. However, representatives of Washington does not comment on any of the links to the current disruptions in North Korea.
According to analysts, the reason interruption in access to the Internet may be experiencing technical difficulties, or cyber attack. Doug Madory the company Dyn Research estimates that during the previous day, “North Korea’s communications with the outside world gradually deteriorated until, when the country was completely offline”. Another company, Arbor Networks believes that the North Korean infrastructure from Saturday began to be the object of hacking.
The Communist Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Internet use requires the permission of the authorities and is subject to restrictions. Most of the local Internet users have access only to the national intranet, and not to the global World Wide Web. (PAP)
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North Korea cut off from the internet. US revenge for the attack on Sony? – Onet.pl
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