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South Korean Computers Attacked

   VOA News  March 04, 2011
   Technicians  of  AhnLab  Inc.  work  against  online  attacks  at  the
   company's  Security  Operation  Center in Seoul, South Korea, March 4,
   2011

Photo: AP

   Technicians  of  AhnLab  Inc.  work  against  online  attacks  at  the
   company's  Security  Operation  Center in Seoul, South Korea, March 4,
   2011

   South  Korea  issued  a cyber security alert Friday as 29 governmental
   and banking websites came under attack.
   The Korea Communications Commission said the sites of the presidential
   Blue  House,  the  foreign ministry, the national intelligence office,
   seven  banks, the U.S. military forces and other institutions were hit
   with  a  "denial  of  service"  attack.  Some  of  them were shut down
   temporarily, but the commission reported no major damage.
   The South Korean computer security company AhnLab said it is not clear
   where  the attacks originated, but that they were similar to ones that
   have targeted South Korean sites in the past.  The company is issuing
   free software to fix the problem.
   Seoul blamed a similar attack in July of 2009 on North Korea, but U.S.
   officials have largely ruled out Pyongyang as the origin.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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