South Korea Suffers Server Outages At Major TV Networks, Banks

Source:  english.yonhapnews.co.kr

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Police and South Korean officials were investigating the simultaneous shutdown Wednesday of computer networks at several major broadcasters and banks. While the cause wasn't immediately clear, speculation centered on a possible North Korean cyberattack.

The shutdown came days after North Korea blamed South Korea and the United States for cyberattacks that temporarily shut down websites in Pyongyang.

Officials at the two South Korean public broadcasters KBS and MBC said that all computers at their companies shut down at 2 p.m. (0500 GMT). The officials said the shutdown was not immediately causing any damage to their daily TV broadcasts.

Source:  news.yahoo.com

Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 3:05 a.m.:

4. South Korean Internet provider says believes service hacked

Reuters - South Korean Internet service provider LG UPlus said on Wednesday that it believed its network had been hacked in an outage that caused major broadcasters and a bank's networks to fail.

Source:  in.reuters.com

Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 3:15 a.m.:

Jean H. Lee @ newsjean Follow

Computer networks down at #SKorean broadcasters KBS, MBC, YTN, banks Shinhan and Nonghyup... ATMs, cash machines paralyzed in #Seoul

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Michael Rusch @ weeddude Follow

South Korea: Korea Communications Commission says they are aware of TV broadcasters and banks' computer network freeze. ( @sangwonyoon)

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BuzzFeed News @ BuzzFeedNews Follow

South Korea looking into possible North Korean involvement in network paralysis at broadcasters, banks ( @YonhapNews)

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Steve Herman @ W7VOA Follow

KBS staff reportedly getting "boot file deleted" messages on their work stations. #ROK #cyber

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Michael van Poppel @ mpoppel Follow

CNN: South Korean defense ministry says cyber threat level raised from 4 to 3

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Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 3:26 a.m.:

12. Yonhap News:

Source:  english.yonhapnews.co.kr

Source:  english.yonhapnews.co.kr

Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 3:40 a.m.:

Steve Herman @ W7VOA Follow

#ROK police call cyber outage "massive" but not speculating on whether #DPRK has launched attack on computers here.

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NH & Shinhan ATM's appear working normally now in #ROK.

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Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 3:49 a.m.:

18. South Korea military upgrades information alert status after paralysis of major networks

South Korea's military has upgraded its information surveillance status as investigations were under way to figure out potential causes of network crashes at major broadcasters and banks on Wednesday, the defense ministry said.

Source:  english.yonhapnews.co.kr

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