Jun 9, 2015 By Martyn Williams
North Korea has responded to a report that it was the target of an unsuccessful Stuxnet-style cyber attack by threatening a cyber attack of its own against the U.S.
In an article published in the country’s largest daily newspaper on Tuesday, North Korea said it would wage a cyber war against the U.S. to hasten its ruin. Such bellicose threats are fairly common in North Korean media and aren’t always followed by action, but when it comes to cyber attacks, the country has been blamed for several large attacks in the past.
Most have been against South Korea, but the country was also publicly accused by the U.S. government of being behind last year’s devastating attack against Sony Pictures.
“The DPRK can react to any forms of wars, operations and battles sought by the U.S. imperialists,” the article said, using the acronym for the country’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
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