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A mistake allowed us a peek into North Korea Internet infrastructure

  • September 20, 2016
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Jasper_The_Rasper
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September 20, 2016  By Pierluigi Paganini
 

A mistake allowed us a peek into the North Korea Internet infrastructure, a security researcher discovered that Pyongyang has just 28 websites.

 
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The North Korea is one of the countries that most of all is investing to improve its cyber capabilities and that has one of the largest cyber armies.
 
But North Korea is also known for its limited exposure on the Internet, it fears cyber attacks from foreign Governments against its infrastructure.
 
Until today no one had any idea of the number of websites registered by the country for its top-level domain, .kp.
 
This week something is changed, likely due to an error in the configuration of a North Korean nameserver. The apparent mistake has revealed a list of all the domains for the top-level domain .kp and related info.
 
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Baldrick
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  • September 21, 2016
Well, that is 27 more than I thought they had but I bet that they are all on the same subject matter...and no prizes for guessing what that might be. ;)
 
 

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  • September 23, 2016
Hopefully the administrator will not be executed with anti-aircraft gun

Baldrick
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  • September 23, 2016
NO, they will probably strap him or her to the next ballistic missile they test...LOL