The digital world is starting to become a scary place with reports of numerous popular services getting hacked. We’ve seen ZenDesk, Evernote and even Dropbox suffer from hacker attacks, but a report is coming in from South Korea that may show how fragile our Internet infrastructure may be.
Three South Korean television broadcasters and two banks have reported they may have been the victims of a widespread malware attack as they all say they’ve experienced serious network outages with bank ATMs and online banking being down for hours. One thing that ties the banks and television broadcasters together is the fact they all use LG UPlus, which is provides Internet services to these particular companies. (more…)
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Google Fiber Expanded To A New City For The First Time, Google+ Hangout To Get New Screen Capture Feature,
North Korea has been described as a failed or pariah state by many independent observers, where most of the power and wealth are all concentrated in the ruling military elite. Having said that, the country seems to care more about the pursuit of weapons rather than to make sure its citizens are well fed, and the latest development would be preparation of mobile Internet service, albeit not for residents. It is just one month after cell phone access is made available to foreigners living inside the country, and it is nice to know that 3G mobile access to the Internet will soon arrive, although residents will have to give this a miss.
