Comments on: Cyber Attack Hits Government Web Sites; North Korea Is Blamed http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/08/cyber-attack-hits-government-web-sites-north-korea-is-blamed/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:22:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Matt D http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/08/cyber-attack-hits-government-web-sites-north-korea-is-blamed/comment-page-1/#comment-38012 Matt D Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:35:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/08/cyber-attack-hits-government-web-sites-north-korea-is-blamed/#comment-38012 Our site got hit with a DDOS on Sunday, causing some damage to our site. http://www.mynewplace.com/blog/2009/07/08/cia-white-house-and-mynewplace-attacked-by-cyber-terrorists/ Our site got hit with a DDOS on Sunday, causing some damage to our site.

http://www.mynewplace.com/blog/2009/07/08/cia-white-house-and-mynewplace-attacked-by-cyber-terrorists/

]]> By: Jeff http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/08/cyber-attack-hits-government-web-sites-north-korea-is-blamed/comment-page-1/#comment-37928 Jeff Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:51:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/08/cyber-attack-hits-government-web-sites-north-korea-is-blamed/#comment-37928 Arec Barwin Arec Barwin

]]> By: Nick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/08/cyber-attack-hits-government-web-sites-north-korea-is-blamed/comment-page-1/#comment-37813 Nick Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:05:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/08/cyber-attack-hits-government-web-sites-north-korea-is-blamed/#comment-37813 Considering how easy it is to do such an attack with the right planning, having it be a coordinated attack on multiple targets is as easy as putting the targets in a list and hitting "Go." And you don't even have to own a botnet. You just *hire* one. The first rule of hacking is never appear as yourself. Considering how easy it is to do such an attack with the right planning, having it be a coordinated attack on multiple targets is as easy as putting the targets in a list and hitting “Go.”

And you don’t even have to own a botnet. You just *hire* one.

The first rule of hacking is never appear as yourself.

]]> By: Wynn http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/08/cyber-attack-hits-government-web-sites-north-korea-is-blamed/comment-page-1/#comment-37733 Wynn Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:24:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/07/08/cyber-attack-hits-government-web-sites-north-korea-is-blamed/#comment-37733 Hmm Figures. Hmm Figures.

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