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North Korea suspected in cyber attack

Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 05.49
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SEOUL - A cyber-attack caused computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters to crash simultaneously Wednesday, paralysing bank machines across the country and prompting speculation of North Korean involvement.

A cyber attack disabled systems in South Korea for several hours.

Screens went blank at 2 p.m. (12 noon Thailand time, 0500 GMT), the state-run Korea Information Security Agency said, and more than seven hours later some systems were still down.

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Discussion 1 : 21 Mar 2013 at 08.271
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“At one Starbucks in downtown Seoul, customers were asked to pay for their coffee in cash, and lines formed outside disabled bank machines.”
I think it is amazing how much ordinary people, companies and the governments rely on flawlessly working computers. Computer system are getting more and more complex and this means they have more and more possible security holes.
It seems a lot more cybercrimes have to happen or have to be published before people wake up that they should not rely on any kind of electronic devices too much.
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