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Anonymous Hackers Attack North Korea News Website, Flickr Account And Twitter Feed
2013-04-05
ACTIVIST hackers appear to have infiltrated North Korea's official news website and its accompanying Twitter and Flickr feeds, posting unflattering images of leader Kim Jong-Un.
Adorable image can be seen at the link.
The China-based website of Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the North's state media, was inaccessible and its companion feeds attacked and defaced.

On Twitter, the Uriminzokkiri account's profile photo was changed to one of a couple dancing the Tango, and a series of tweets read "Hacked" and "Tango Down".

The male dancer was wearing a Guy Fawkes mask -- a trademark of the "Anonymous" hacktivist group.

The website's Flickr page showed a number of images, including one which simply read "We Are Anonymous" and a mock-up "Wanted" poster featuring Kim with a pig's nose and ears and a Mickey Mouse tattoo on his chest. The poster claimed the UN had offered a $1 million reward for Kim's capture due to his "threatening world peace" and wasting money while people starve to death".

Uriminzokkiri is best known for posting propaganda videos excoriating the United States and including images like the White House framed in the crosshairs of a sniper's rifle sight.

The attack came amid soaring military tensions on the Korean peninsula with Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington engaged in a bout of high-stakes brinkmanship.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  Thanks Snosh Flomomp6315. As I was cautious, I am now blind, but only in one eye....
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2013-04-05 17:26  

#8  I fear the administration in Washington might arrest the makers of Team America for inciting the peaceful people of North Korea.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2013-04-05 14:42  

#7  Me thinks the pay back for the hack attack on South Korea shows more humor and originality than the tedious and stilted efforts by the North.

I think this is hilarious.

I'm still waiting for a URL for the website that insults Islam....
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2013-04-05 12:41  

#6  Heh, thought the same thing there CrazyFool, was also wondering if they know what a pig looks like.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-04-05 11:22  

#5  Enraged (albeit skinny) North Korean mobs on the move in 5 4 3 2 1
Posted by: Shipman   2013-04-05 11:21  

#4  Withholding judgment until Susan Rice and the Sunday talks.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-04-05 08:59  

#3  The poster claimed the UN had offered a $1 million reward for Kim's capture due to his "threatening world peace" and wasting money while people starve to death".

And then they had to go and blow it all with something so obviously bogus!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-04-05 08:54  

#2  Repost with link

Dancing Kim
Posted by: Snosh Flomomp6315   2013-04-05 05:16  

#1  The White House condemned the attack and promised to bring the perpetrators to justice. A spokesman quoted the President:
"The future must not belong to those who slander Korea's Dearest Leader!"
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Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2013-04-05 03:31  

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