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This idiot. Took down a countries internet and bragged to the press. I wonder how many doctors in NK couldn't serve their patients without network access? But

This idiot. Took down a countries internet and bragged to the press. I wonder how many doctors in NK couldn't serve their patients without network access? But why stop there? Take out the power as well. Contaminate the water. We'll all have a good laugh. No wonder they're building missiles to shoot at us. This hacker franchise has run its course. Ok it was a fun movie in 1995. But in our modern world what this guy has done is plainly terrorism, probably with a real body count. Not a prank, not hip and not cool. And if it was done to us it would be a clear act of war.

Stevvo 5y ago
He only target external facing sites, so no doctors were affected.
wchar_t 5y ago
Calm down, he took down a few websites. He didn't take down their entire internet, as the article notes a few times: > As rare as it may be for a single pseudonymous hacker to cause an internet blackout on that scale, it's far from clear what real effects the attacks have had on the North Korean government. Only a tiny fraction of North Koreans have access to internet-connected systems to begin with, says Martyn Williams, a researcher for the Stimson Center think tank's North Korea-focused 38 North Project. The vast majority of residents are confined to the country's disconnected intranet. Williams says the dozens of sites P4x has repeatedly taken down are largely used for propaganda and other functions aimed at an international audience. > While knocking out those sites no doubt presents a nuisance to some regime officials, Williams points out that the hackers who targeted P4x last year—like almost all the country's hackers—are almost certainly based in other countries, such as China. “I would say, if he's going after those people, he's probably directing his attentions to the wrong place,” says Williams. “But if he just wants to annoy North Korea, then he is probably being annoying.” > For his part, P4x says he would count annoying the regime as a success, and that the vast majority of the country's population that lacks internet access was never his target. “I definitely wanted to affect the people as little as possible and the government as much as possible,” P4x says.
- threshold 5y ago
  "would count annoying the regime as a success" Idiot.

Stevvo 5y ago

He only target external facing sites, so no doctors were affected.

wchar_t 5y ago

Calm down, he took down a few websites. He didn't take down their entire internet, as the article notes a few times: > As rare as it may be for a single pseudonymous hacker to cause an internet blackout on that scale, it's far from clear what real effects the attacks have had on the North Korean government. Only a tiny fraction of North Koreans have access to internet-connected systems to begin with, says Martyn Williams, a researcher for the Stimson Center think tank's North Korea-focused 38 North Project. The vast majority of residents are confined to the country's disconnected intranet. Williams says the dozens of sites P4x has repeatedly taken down are largely used for propaganda and other functions aimed at an international audience. > While knocking out those sites no doubt presents a nuisance to some regime officials, Williams points out that the hackers who targeted P4x last year—like almost all the country's hackers—are almost certainly based in other countries, such as China. “I would say, if he's going after those people, he's probably directing his attentions to the wrong place,” says Williams. “But if he just wants to annoy North Korea, then he is probably being annoying.” > For his part, P4x says he would count annoying the regime as a success, and that the vast majority of the country's population that lacks internet access was never his target. “I definitely wanted to affect the people as little as possible and the government as much as possible,” P4x says.

threshold 5y ago
"would count annoying the regime as a success" Idiot.