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Subject: [ISN] Military lowers cyber alert level to normal
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2011-12-29 6:38:38
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Yonhap News
2011/12/28
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- The military has lowered the level of its
cyber warfare readiness system to normal, about a week after raising it
a notch in the aftermath of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death, an
official said Wednesday.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) official said the information operations
condition, or Infocon, has been lowered from Level 5 to Level 4. It was
raised last Tuesday, a day after the North announced Kim's death.
"So far, we haven't detected evidence of cyber terrorism (by North
Korea) against major Internet sites," the official said. "We have
concluded there's a low likelihood of that in the future."
In the five-stage Infocon, Level 5 is in place during peacetime, and
Level 4 indicates an increased risk of cyber attack. Only the chairman
of the JCS can alter the level of Infocon.
[...]
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