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Other => Computer News => Topic started by: Geek-9pm on September 07, 2018, 11:09:35 AM
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The full title is:
U.S. set to charge North Korean spy with Sony hack and WannaCry cyberattack
Here is one of many links:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/justice-department-charge-north-korean-spy-for-sony-and-wannacry-cyberattacks/?utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-brief (https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/justice-department-charge-north-korean-spy-for-sony-and-wannacry-cyberattacks/?utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-brief)
The United States Department of Justice is set to indict a North Korean spy connected to the 2014 cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment and the 2017 WannaCry malware that crippled the Britain’s National Health Service. The indictment alleges that Pak Jin-hyok conducted the attack under orders from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country’s intelligence agency that’s seen as North Korea’s version of the CIA.
The implications are wide.
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This is computer news how exactly?
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It is a new development about something that happened some time ago.
Here is another link:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-announce-charges-north-koreans-sony-hack-wannacry/story?id=57643239
Should I have posted this in 'other'?
As to how it would affect our current computer environment... you ha veto use your imagination. Think about a possible recall o fall smartphones made by one overseas company. That would depend on how far the investigation goes. ???
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The U.S, United Kingdom, and Australia all declared officially that North Korea was responsible for the Wannacry Worm last December.
Though, that was shortly after a Russian hacker Claimed the FSB was responsible (https://www.unian.info/world/2319991-russian-hacker-says-fsb-involved-in-creation-of-wannacry-malware.html).
Think about a possible recall o fall smartphones made by one overseas company.
Maybe you could explain why a *South* Korean company would issue a recall of smartphones because the U.S points a finger at North Korea for cyberattacks?
Maybe you are out of the loop but North and South Korea haven't really gotten along very well pretty much since they were split apart after World War II. We aren't talking about a history like North and South Dakota here.
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Maybe you are out of the loop but North and South Korea haven't really gotten along very well pretty much since they were split apart after World War II.
Little spat around 1950-1953 perhaps? A British Army regiment local to me lost a lot of men there, and the commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel James Carne, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery under fire. He was later captured by the North Koreans and, so it is alleged, subjected to "brainwashing" by them.
"On 22/23 April 1951 near the Imjin River, Korea, Lieutenant Colonel Carne's battalion was heavily and incessantly engaged by vastly superior numbers of the enemy. Throughout this time Colonel Carne moved among the whole battalion under very heavy mortar and machine-gun fire, inspiring the utmost confidence and the will to resist among his troops. On two separate occasions, armed with rifle and grenades, he personally led assault parties which drove back the enemy and saved important situations. His courage, coolness and leadership was felt not only in his own battalion but throughout the whole brigade."
Carne also was awarded the (American) Distinguished Service Cross by the President of the United States for gallant and distinguished services during operations by the United Nations in Korea.