North Korean foreign ministry website goes down for 7 hours after likely attack



News North Korean foreign ministry website goes down for 7 hours after likely attack Outage followed wider internet blackout affecting websites of Air Koryo and Kim Il Sung University, expert says Anton Sokolin July 11, 2023 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON An illustration of disconnected internet cables North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs website went offline for about seven hours on Saturday, NK Pro has confirmed, following what one expert identified as a wider internet blackout due to a likely attack on DPRK web infrastructure. The foreign ministry’s website was inaccessible from 8:57 a.m. to 3:52 p.m. KST on July 8, followed by a few five-minute-long outages, according to the web-monitoring service Pingdom. The also experienced disruptions for about one hour in total, from 10:17 to 11:02 p.m. and 11:37 to 11:47 p.m., the previous day. Meanwhile, prolonged outages between 10:16 p.m. and Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01What Americans think about travel to North Korea, 8 years after Warmbier’s death 02North Korea preparing to move large new warship in sign of advanced development 03How Trump can break the impasse with North Korea by prioritizing nuclear safety 04Why there’s still a long road to Trump-Putin cooperation on North Korean nukes 05With new frigates, North Korea broadcasts a more assertive naval approach 06Boom or bust? Mixed signals raise questions about health of North Korean economy 07Why Israel’s Zionist Left once sang the praises of North Korea 08A decade in making, North Korea’s first nuclear-powered submarine breaks cover 09What to know about the North Korean towns chosen for 2025 development push 10After $1.5B Bybit heist, North Korean hackers race to cash out the spoils

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North Korean foreign ministry website goes down for 7 hours after likely attack

Outage followed wider internet blackout affecting websites of Air Koryo and Kim Il Sung University, expert says

Anton Sokolin July 11, 2023

North Korean foreign ministry website goes down for 7 hours after likely attack

An illustration of disconnected internet cables

North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs website went offline for about seven hours on Saturday, NK Pro has confirmed, following what one expert identified as a wider internet blackout due to a likely attack on DPRK web infrastructure.

The foreign ministry’s website was inaccessible from 8:57 a.m. to 3:52 p.m. KST on July 8, followed by a few five-minute-long outages, according to the web-monitoring service Pingdom. The also experienced disruptions for about one hour in total, from 10:17 to 11:02 p.m. and 11:37 to 11:47 p.m., the previous day.

Meanwhile, prolonged outages between 10:16 p.m. and

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North Korean foreign ministry website goes down for 7 hours after likely attack

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