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...North Korea is really behind the cyberattacks on U.S. and South Korean websites over the past few days, as South Korea has claimed, why hasn't it taken responsibility? The Kim Jong Il regime has never been shy of owning up to its mischief: if anything, it tends to exaggerate its ability to do far-flung damage. And yet, there has been no chest-thumping from Pyongyang about the "glorious destruction of the powerful computer systems of the evil enemies of our Dear Leader...
This uncharacteristic reticence could undermine the initial assumption that the attacks originated in North Korea. Indeed, five days after the first attacks, there has been no proof of Pyongyang's involvement. Unlike their South Korean counterparts, U.S. officials have pointedly avoided blaming North Korea, or any other country, for the attacks. (See pictures of the rise of Kim Jong...
...technology: computer studies are an important part of school and university curriculums. Stratfor's Baker points out that North Korea has become a major player in the computer-animation industry, which means it has banks of highly sophisticated computers, and people who know how to use them. North Korean hackers have in the past, for instance, launched more sophisticated attacks that actually penetrated South Korean sites. (See the 50 best websites...
Another country bristling with freelance hackers happens to be South Korea. Hackers in Seoul have been known to attack U.S. and international networks. Several U.S. servers were hit after the disqualification of a South Korean skater at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics allowed Apollo Ono to win the 1,500-m speedskating event. (See pictures of South Korean video gamers...
...office of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, though representatives of China's Iron and Steel Association were the front men at the negotiating sessions. China was demanding price cuts of up to 44% per ton of iron ore this year - about 10% more than the cuts Japanese and Korean steel producers received. (See pictures of Chinese investment in Africa...