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North Korean Social Media hacked

4 Apr

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Hackers claiming to be associated with Anonymous group hacked official run social media accounts of North Korea and started to post insulting pictures of their leaders. The groups support pictures of character V from the movie “V for Vendetta” which signifies spreading chaos.

A group known as Anonymous_Korea claimed responsibility on Twitter saying that they were the good guys and were here to set North Korea free. Accounts on twitter and flickr which were responsible for spreading pro government propaganda were hacked.

Anonymous Korea

 

This comes in the backdrop of recent nuclear and missile tests by North Korea and a statement by them saying that they were in a state of war. Thus, it is setting the tone for modern warfare in the 21st century where skirmishes will begin with governments attacking each other’s internet infrastructure.