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Subject: [ISN] Will Kim Jong Un be for cyberwarfare what his dad was for
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2011-12-22 8:39:29
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By Taylor Armerding
CSO
December 21, 2011
The death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has understandably set
neighboring South Korea and other countries in the region on edge. But
should it put the western world on high alert as well, for possible
cyberattacks?
Two cyber security experts have different views on the matter.
There is general agreement that the transition of power could bring
significant instability to the region. While the dictator's son, Kim
Jong Un, was named by his father to succeed him, the twenty-something
Kim has had only two years to be groomed for the position, while his
father had 14. He was made a four-star general by his father, but has
never served in the military.
And even if the younger Kim does take power seamlessly, there is
speculation that he may deliberately act aggressively to quash even the
thought of an "Arab Spring" type of rebellion, to consolidate his power
and establish a reputation throughout the world that he will be just as
unpredictable and threatening as his father.
South Korea's largest news agency, Yonhap, reported that the country had
put its military on high alert.
Korea Communications Commission (KCC) raised the cyber alert to the
third-highest level over the weekend and stepped up monitoring on
distributed denial-of-service attacks, hacking incidents and other
assaults via the Internet.
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