ColinBellsjockstrap
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Anonymous 'hacks' North Korea social network accounts
The hacking collective Anonymous has said it has been "hacking" and vandalising social networking profiles linked to North Korea.
The group has issued several warnings since the country's threats have intensified.
Uriminzokkiri, a news site, has been forced offline - while Twitter and Flickr accounts have been breached.
Anonymous also claimed to have accessed 15,000 usernames and passwords from a university database.
As part of action which the loosely organised collective has called "Operation Free Korea", the hackers have called for leader Kim Jong-un to step down, a democratic government to be put in place - and for North Koreans to get uncensored internet access.
Currently, only a select few in the country have access to the "internet" - which is more akin to a closed company intranet with only a select few websites that are government-run.
The country recently allowed foreigners to access mobile internet, but this service has since been shut off.
In a message posted online, members of Anonymous wrote: "To the citizens of North Korea we suggest to rise up and bring [this] oppressive government down!
"We are holding your back and your hand, while you take the journey to freedom, democracy and peace.
"You are not alone. Don't fear us, we are not terrorist, we are the good guys from the internet. AnonKorea and all the other Anons are here to set you free."
'Tango down'
Urminzokkiri's Twitter feed started displaying messages reading "hacked" at around 0700 BST. The account's avatar was changed to a picture of two people dancing, with the words "Tango down".
On Urminzokkiri's Flickr photo page, other images, including a "wanted" poster mocking Kim Jong-un, were also posted.
Anonymous has posted what it said was a sample of the hacked information.
However, some have questioned the reliability of the details as some of the email addresses were in fact Chinese.
Also unreachable on Thursday was the website of Air Koryo, the country's airline, which launched its online booking site late last year.
Like the main Urminzokkiri homepage, it is suspected the Air Koryo site has been hit with a Distributed Denial of Service attacked (DDoS) - a technique which involves flooding a website with too much traffic for it to handle.
Although a highly secretive nation, North Korea puts considerable effort in to having a strong presence online.
Various YouTube accounts attached to the regime post news items and propaganda videos on a regular basis
Anonymous 'hacks' North Korea social network accounts
The hacking collective Anonymous has said it has been "hacking" and vandalising social networking profiles linked to North Korea.
The group has issued several warnings since the country's threats have intensified.
Uriminzokkiri, a news site, has been forced offline - while Twitter and Flickr accounts have been breached.
Anonymous also claimed to have accessed 15,000 usernames and passwords from a university database.
As part of action which the loosely organised collective has called "Operation Free Korea", the hackers have called for leader Kim Jong-un to step down, a democratic government to be put in place - and for North Koreans to get uncensored internet access.
Currently, only a select few in the country have access to the "internet" - which is more akin to a closed company intranet with only a select few websites that are government-run.
The country recently allowed foreigners to access mobile internet, but this service has since been shut off.
In a message posted online, members of Anonymous wrote: "To the citizens of North Korea we suggest to rise up and bring [this] oppressive government down!
"We are holding your back and your hand, while you take the journey to freedom, democracy and peace.
"You are not alone. Don't fear us, we are not terrorist, we are the good guys from the internet. AnonKorea and all the other Anons are here to set you free."
'Tango down'
Urminzokkiri's Twitter feed started displaying messages reading "hacked" at around 0700 BST. The account's avatar was changed to a picture of two people dancing, with the words "Tango down".
On Urminzokkiri's Flickr photo page, other images, including a "wanted" poster mocking Kim Jong-un, were also posted.
Anonymous has posted what it said was a sample of the hacked information.
However, some have questioned the reliability of the details as some of the email addresses were in fact Chinese.
Also unreachable on Thursday was the website of Air Koryo, the country's airline, which launched its online booking site late last year.
Like the main Urminzokkiri homepage, it is suspected the Air Koryo site has been hit with a Distributed Denial of Service attacked (DDoS) - a technique which involves flooding a website with too much traffic for it to handle.
Although a highly secretive nation, North Korea puts considerable effort in to having a strong presence online.
Various YouTube accounts attached to the regime post news items and propaganda videos on a regular basis
mammutly
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Gaylord du Bois said:Fat boy Kim - weapon of choice.Bigga said:Feck...
Ok. Hands up those who actually BELIEVE N Korea are seriously threatening nuclear war??
One of their alleged targets is Austin, Texas...
AUSTIN, TEXAS!!!!!
Somebody must know why!
Second of all, they have a nuclear plant, fine, but we're talking about any nuclear warhead options out of their reach for, at least, a year. Thirdly, there is clear evidence of photoshop at work with some of their 'war games' and what the fook is this high tech sh*t...??
Answers on a postcard...
What's that big red button for?
Bigga
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mammutly said:Gaylord du Bois said:Fat boy Kim - weapon of choice.Bigga said:Feck...
Ok. Hands up those who actually BELIEVE N Korea are seriously threatening nuclear war??
One of their alleged targets is Austin, Texas...
AUSTIN, TEXAS!!!!!
Somebody must know why!
Second of all, they have a nuclear plant, fine, but we're talking about any nuclear warhead options out of their reach for, at least, a year. Thirdly, there is clear evidence of photoshop at work with some of their 'war games' and what the fook is this high tech sh*t...??
Answers on a postcard...
What's that big red button for?
"Select"...??
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..."its time to push the button"Bigga said:
yeseye
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What's that big red button for?[/quote] I think it's a 'LIKE' button.
If it's good enough for Kim wrongun........?
If it's good enough for Kim wrongun........?
marco
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bobmcfc said:
yes no doubt however i think it would have to be a nuclear strike which would almost certainly drag china into a conflict and then bang we have world war 3, i'l be nipping out to stock up on baked beans if it hots up anymore
yeseye
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Lidl 14p a can, taste shite but who cares, were all doomed!marco said: