North Korea declares war on Ireland

Dr Strange

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North Korean cyber gangs blitz Irish companies with 'almost daily' attacks

independent.ie wrote:

North Korean state-sponsored cyber gangs are launching almost daily attacks on Irish companies, banks and utilities as it emerged a syndicate associated with the Pyongyang regime is the chief suspect in the €4.3m cyber raid on Meath County Council last year.

Full article: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/north-korean-cyber-gangs-blitz-irish-companies-with-almost-daily-attacks-36208986.html

donegaLroad

Irish government departments and county councils should start using Linux.

s15r330

Op you should get a job with buzzfeed

Nettle Soup

Nobody likes Meath

archer22

Dr Strange wrote: »

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North Korean cyber gangs blitz Irish companies with 'almost daily' attacks



Full article: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/north-korean-cyber-gangs-blitz-irish-companies-with-almost-daily-attacks-36208986.html

And tomorrows headline is "North Korean sponsored gangs kidnap Irish babies for Kim Jong Un to eat" :eek:

AustinLostin

Das a spicy thread title

Gatling

Dr Strange wrote: »

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North Korean cyber gangs blitz Irish companies with 'almost daily' attacks



Full article: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/north-korean-cyber-gangs-blitz-irish-companies-with-almost-daily-attacks-36208986.html

Been going on for years across multiple countries ,

archer22

Not bad going for a country with no internet.

Gatling

archer22 wrote: »

Not bad going for a country with no internet.

Who said they don't ,

High speed internet compliments of china and russia

Are Am Eye

Gatling wrote: »

High speed internet compliments of china and russia

Yeah, but they're locked into a 24 month contract.

BillyBobBS

If they can shut down RTE with one of these attacks then i welcome this development.

Noveight

We should make a call out video.

Our Big John-Patrick will fight yer Kim in Ballinasloe. Come out an' fight.

Skylinehead

Kermit.de.frog

Dr Strange wrote: »

North Korea declares war on Ireland

Elmer Blooker

Pyongyang regime is the chief suspect in the €4.3m cyber raid on Meath County Council

So, a bit of old fashioned fraud is now a cyber raid by the Pyongyang regime! :pac: Some people would believe anything!

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/meath-council-cyberattack-was-just-old-fashioned-fraud-1.2914433

Hande hoche!

Deescalate tensions by putting Kim Jung Un on a stamp.

frag420

They will soon get pissed off with the sub standard third world broadband in Ireland and attack somewhere else...prob better off trying to hack Aertel!

Pinch Flat

“we coming to get you you lirrle illish leplechauns”

Elmer Blooker

Today Meath County Council, tomorrow Westmeath County Council!
This Kim Jong MUST be stopped!

Pinch Flat

I think we should embrace the attention we're getting from North Korea. Plenty of opportunity to get a photo op of the illustrious leader with a pint of the black stuff in his hand. Bound to be a bit of Irish blood in there, who knows if he plays he could end up having a filling station named after him?

Specialun

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

So, a bit of old fashioned fraud is now a cyber raid by the Pyongyang regime! :pac: Some people would believe anything!

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/meath-council-cyberattack-was-just-old-fashioned-fraud-1.2914433

Yes.Where did the Spoof Email orignate from and what was the destination of the money. Spoof emails are becoming alot more difficult to spot

archer22

Time to dispatch the Irish navy to the East China Sea in a show of force to the North Korean regime, to make it clear that hacking of Irish county councils won't be tolerated.

(and if they persist the Irish navy will dump all the fellas they picked off the Libyan coast in to North Korea)

archer22

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

So, a bit of old fashioned fraud is now a cyber raid by the Pyongyang regime! :pac: Some people would believe anything!

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/meath-council-cyberattack-was-just-old-fashioned-fraud-1.2914433

Makes you wonder how much money Meath council has sent to the Nigerian Prince over the years

brainfreeze

Wow that article is pure hyperbole. Throwing around irrelevant bits of information as if they are in anyway connected when they are not, in an attempt to sound more scary. Most of it is saying absolutely nothing. I will rewrite the article below in four sentences:

Someone committed fraud by pretending to be someone else (Jackie Maguire) and transferred funds. This can be considered a cyber crime as it happened electronically, but that's how banking works today. The origin of that person is believed to be in North Korea. A Bank flagged the transfer as fraud and froze the transaction.

This is a non-story.

The_Valeyard

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

Today Meath County Council, tomorrow Westmeath County Council!
This Kim Jong MUST be stopped!

How bad of a county do you have to be to not even get your own name, just 'westmeath'

Specialun

brainfreeze wrote: »

Wow that article is pure hyperbole. Throwing around irrelevant bits of information as if they are in anyway connected when they are not, in an attempt to sound more scary. Most of it is saying absolutely nothing. I will rewrite the article below in four sentences:

Someone committed fraud by pretending to be someone else (Jackie Maguire) and transferred funds. This can be considered a cyber crime as it happened electronically, but that's how banking works today. The origin of that person is believed to be in North Korea. A Bank flagged the transfer as fraud and froze the transaction.

This is a non-story.

It's actually Not Hyperbole. I think its more that you know nothing about it. The method of attack on MCC has been analysed and it leads back to a well know NK cyber gang. They have been responsible for tonnes of attacks, in some circle NK have got the blame for the recent Wannacry outbreak. Multiple companies have been done for 10s or 100s of million lately, both in the actual Ransom and in brand damage. NK are now a key player in cyber crime. More than likely to farm bitcoin.

Link to the recent Equifax Cyber attack. https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/

Gatling

The_Valeyard wrote: »

How bad of a county do you have to be to not even get your own name, just 'westmeath'

The Kremlin takes the space bar away

corner of hells

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

Today Meath County Council, tomorrow Westmeath County Council!
This Kim Jong MUST be stopped!

I'm waiting to see the reaction when they hit Cavan and don't even.mention Leitrim.

brainfreeze

Specialun wrote: »

It's actually Not Hyperbole

Yes it is. It exaggerated basic email fraud saying it was a sophisticated cybercime. That's hyperbole. It then named random attacks and other unrelated incidents (such as business getting attacked every day, when in reality every online IP gets attacked by bots multiple times an hour, and that has nothing to do with NK) to exaggerate the threat. That's hyperbole.

You bringing up the Equifax breach (that was a flaw in Apache Strut that they didn't patch, along with bad password policy) to exaggerate this very unrelated fraud attempt, is also hyperbole. You are being as bad as the article.

Specialun wrote: »

I think its more that you know nothing about it.

OK Morpheous.

It was simple fraud. What do you know what we don't? Be specific instead of naming unrelated random things that have happened the last few months. Be specific about MCC :pac:

Specialun wrote: »

in some circle NK have got the blame for the recent Wannacry outbreak.

Ah here, what are you on about? You sound like the author of that article. This attack has absolutely nothing to do with wannacry or wannacrys connection to the Lazarus Group. Even mentioning that is being as hyperbolic as that article. This was not a "sophisticated" cyber crime like the article states, and stating other wise is indeed, hyperbole.

The article pretended simple fraud was sophisticated attack, and then to make the article more interesting, started naming unrelated cyber crimes that go on, that have nothing to do with this attack as it makes a better story. It's also, coincidentally, exactly what you've done in your post. Sounds clever to the layman but lacks any real substance.

They tried to make a boring fraud story sound sensationalist as North Korea is so hot right now.

Specialun wrote: »

Multiple companies have been done for 10s or 100s of million lately, both in the actual Ransom and in brand damage.

So? You sound like this article randomly mentioning unconnected attacks that have nothing to do with this.

They spoofed an email. That's all they did.

Specialun wrote: »

Link to the recent Equifax Cyber attack. https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/

What has the recent Equifax attack got to do with Meath County Council being defrauded by a dodgy email? Are you going to start posting random exploits now or is this in anyway related?

How about we do post something related, an article on the same attack that another user even posted in this very thread.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/meath-council-cyberattack-was-just-old-fashioned-fraud-1.2914433

Meath council ‘cyberattack’ was just old-fashioned fraud

In brief, Meath County Council was the victim of a particularly popular type of scam in which, typically, an employee who has control of accounts is sent a spoof message purporting to be from, say, the company chief executive. That person is asked to transfer a large sum of money into an account. The money is duly wired to the scammers. Oops.

So there you have it. That's settled then. The Irish Times are also calling BS, as they should be.

Probably the most relevant paragraph in that article that you should probably take note from:

But please, I beg of you, just back away slowly from the term unless you know how to handle it properly. Especially if what you are referring to is plain old boring, if still very effective, fraud. Not a “cyberattack”. Especially not a “sophisticated” cyberattack. Not even a “serious, attempted cyber-enabled offence” as the council statement had it.