US EditionNorth Korea hit by major internet outage, likely due to internal cause
- North Korea experienced a major internet outage on June 7, which disrupted access to government, news, and airline websites nationwide.
- Past outages, suspected cyberattacks, and internal issues contributed to this event, but experts note uncertainty about whether it was deliberate or accidental.
- The outage affected all internet routes via China and Russia, causing North Korea's entire global internet infrastructure to disappear from monitoring systems.
- UK-Based researcher Junade Ali reported that North Korea is experiencing a significant internet disruption impacting all connections entering the country through both China and Russia, adding that the issue appears to be caused by internal factors rather than an external attack.
- This incident highlights North Korea's highly restricted global internet access, limited to a fraction of its 25 million population, and underscores ongoing uncertainties surrounding its cyber infrastructure.
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North Korea hit by major internet outage, likely due to internal cause
North Korea's internet was hit by a major outage that lasted several hours on Saturday, knocking off connection to government web sites and official news services online and severing the reclusive country from cyberspace.
Even the Chinese and Russian connections weren't working, so it must have been an internal error.
North Korea’s limited internet hit by major outage, says analyst
Internet access in North Korea has experienced a major outage, according to a United Kingdom-based monitor, but the exact cause may be internal rather than the result of a cyberattack. Junade Ali, a researcher who monitors the North Korean internet, said on Saturday that the secretive country’s entire internet infrastructure is not registering on systems that monitor global internet activity. “A major outage is currently occurring on North Korea…
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