Who Pulled the Plug on North Korea's Internet?

  • 24 December 2014
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By AFP on December 24, 2014
 
North Korea's Internet was on the fritz for a second day Tuesday. But the US is staying silent on whether it launched a cyber attack as payback for the hacking of Sony Pictures.
And in the murky world of cyber security, experts say there are several plausible scenarios for why North Korea suddenly went dark, stressing it's impossible to know exactly what happened.
Did the US launch a cyber attack on North Korea?
While some have been quick to make the link between Pyongyang's connectivity woes and a pledge by US President Barack Obama to retaliate for last month's Sony hack, many analysts aren't convinced.
"It's unlikely, if only because we can't make decisions that fast," said cyber expert James Lewis, a senior fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Washington has asked for help from Pyongyang's ally Beijing to rein the North's cyber activities, so "monkeying" around with Internet services linked to China would not make much sense, he told AFP.
 
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