You already know we are in a Cyber War with N Korea, and there is some chatter about an NK cyber attack tomorrow to coincide with the [suspected] missile [launch/test].
Found a few articles which you may find interesting.
This one is from S Korea and describes the NK CyberWar force at 12,000 "highly skilled hackers"
This one from New Zealand identifies the force at only 3,000 but is concerned that NK will be coming after our credit cards:
(their analysis is a little sketchy and our CCs have been at risk for quite some time, so it's not entirely "news")
Here is an article from HuffPost from last year right after S Korean banks were hit with a cyber attack that caused some problems. The article is written better that you would expect and has some good, entry-level vocabulary. Note the terms "Red Star" and "asymmetrical". You may be seeing more of these in the coming days.
Personal note: I'm not entirely convinced about the "asymmetrical" part. We do have some quality cyber warriors here in the States. Still, apparently their IT people are willing to work (if you can call it "willingness") for only $1,190 per year.
Bottom line: if you do a Goggle search on the terms "North Korea Cyber Warfare" you will likely get over a million-and-a-half hits. Take a look and get familiar with some of the players and terminology. For anyone interested in Cyber Security, look for words like "DoS attack" or "DDoS attack" or "infrastructure attack" along with the rest.
One place where the New Zealand article could be accurate is in our critical infrastructure security. Simple things like ATM machines, traffic signals, and even electricity providers are very vulnerable. It would not take a nuclear missile to knock us down -- just turn off the lights for 3 days ---
Be | Informed
Be | Safe
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