Seuol 'paralyzed' because of a hacker attack

AFP on March 4 led a source from the Korean Communications Commission, who said the government had officially announced that dozens of government websites and large companies had been attacked by hackers.

AhnLab, a company specializing in cybersecurity, claims that 40 websites have been hacked, including websites of the Green House, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Unification, as well as the websites of the Co Intelligence, National Assembly, Tax Inspectorate and armed forces.

AhnLab's representative said that AhnLab's official websites were also attacked. In addition, the websites of the seven largest banks also share the same fate as the above agencies.

In 2009, hackers launched attacks on the websites of South Korean state agencies and the largest banking systems that paralyzed many websites.

The head of the South Korean Intelligence Agency accuses the North Korean media as the culprit. However, during the investigation, it was determined that the attacks were made from a server in the UK.

The final conclusion about the case has not been announced yet.