http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/techscience/2009/07/08/3/0601000000AEN20090708003100320F.HTML Yonhap News July 8, 2009 SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- The official Web site of the South Korean presidential office was inaccessible Wednesday morning due to attacks by hackers who also cracked into government agencies and private firms, officials said. As of 10:00 a.m., the Web site of Cheong Wa Dae remained down as unidentified hackers continued their attacks that started Tuesday evening, said the government-run Korea Information Security Agency (KISA). After an initial attack that began around 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, the Web site returned to normal, but renewed attacks shut it down again, the agency said. The so-called distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks hit 25 Internet sites, including 11 domestic ones, shutting them down for hours, KISA said. Other government agencies attacked include the National Assembly and the Ministry of Defense, with the Wweb sites of major lenders Shinhan Bank and Korea Exchange Bank brought down by the attack as well. The cyber attacks also affected the country's No. 1 portal Naver's e-mail service and online auctioneer eBay's South Korean site Auction.com, the agency said. [...] _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, July 25-30 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Network with 4,000+ delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.comReceived on Tue Jul 07 2009 - 23:47:54 PDT
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