Cyber attack | Asia News – Politics, Media, Education

Archives

Sony faces jittery shareholders after cyberattack

By AP News Wed, Jun 29, 2011 10:27AM UTC View Comments

TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer credited “very loyal” PlayStation Network gamers for flocking back to the service in big numbers, as he sought Tuesday to reassure shareholders following a series of embarrassing hacker attacks. Stringer apologized for the data breach in April, which compromised personal data from more than 100 million...

Read Full Story ›

NKorea denies hacking into SKorean bank’s network

By AP News Tue, May 10, 2011 6:23PM UTC View Comments

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has denied launching a cyber attack that paralyzed the computer network of a large South Korean bank. South Korean prosecutors said last week that North Korean hackers were behind the April attack that brought down the Nonghyup Bank’s computer system. The North’s Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces...

Read Full Story ›

Is NKorea behind cyber attack on SKorean bank?

By Yoo Eun Lee Wed, May 04, 2011 9:45PM UTC View Comments

South Korea’s Prosecutor’s Office concluded on April 2 that the North Korea is to blamed for last month’s cyber attack on the Nonghyup bank which forced it to shut down for several days and hobbled the banking service for over a week. But many South Korean IT experts and media outlets have refused to take...

Read Full Story ›

Was Burmese junta behind cyber attack on Irrawaddy website?

By Jon Russell Tue, Mar 15, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

Exiled Burmese news group The Irrawaddy has reported that its website was the victim of a cyber attack last week which saw two fake articles published. From The Irrawaddy: The hacker or hackers, whose identify is so far unknown, hijacked the…website on Friday night and posted two false stories, both controversial articles, one intended to...

Read Full Story ›

South Korean websites suffer DDoS attack – who and why?

By Yoo Eun Lee Sat, Mar 05, 2011 9:29AM UTC View Comments

Malicious computer codes attacked South Korea’s major websites including the presidential office, overnment ministries sites and major financial institution websites, and managed to shut some of them down temporarily. The so-called distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack hit 29 institutions yesterday and another round of attack was reported this morning, but no significant damage was done. (Read...

Read Full Story ›