A Twitter account connected to the hacktivist group Anonymous, ‘theanonmessage,’ tweeted that a US counterattack against the North Korean regime had begun: “Operation RIP North Korea, engaged. #OpRIPNK.”
North Korea completely lost Internet access for nine-and-a-half hours on Monday before coming back online early Tuesday. Many blamed the US for the blackout, after the FBI and President Obama accused Pyongyang of an earlier cyber-attack on Sony Pictures.
US computer experts said that North Korea has experienced wide Internet outages, with one saying that Pyongyang’s net connection was “totally down.”
Access to the website of the official North Korean Central News Agency and the Rodong Sinmun newspaper were back up on Tuesday, South Korean officials told AP.
Washington has decided not to comment as to whether it had any involvement in the matter.
“We aren’t going to discuss, you know, publicly operational details about the possible response options or comment on those kind of reports in any way except to say that as we implement our responses, some will be seen, some may not be seen,” US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told journalists.
There have been reports that researches spotted a rise in denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against North Korea as early as Thursday, which attempted to overload the country’s service, putting into question the US’ role.
The next day, a Twitter account connected to the hacktivist group Anonymous, ‘theanonmessage,’ tweeted that a counterattack against the North Korean regime had begun.
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- “We aren't going to discuss, you know, publicly operational details about the possible response options or comment on those kind of reports in any way except to say that as we implement our responses, some will be seen, some may not be seen,” US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told journalists.
- The next day, a Twitter account connected to the hacktivist group Anonymous, ‘theanonmessage,' tweeted that a counterattack against the North Korean regime had begun.
- There have been reports that researches spotted a rise in denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against North Korea as early as Thursday, which attempted to overload the country's service, putting into question the US’.
