Seoul, July 10: This week’s cyber attacks on South Korea are believed to have been mounted from 16 different countries but North Korea was not among them, Seoul’s spy agency was quoted as saying today.
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) told legislators the attacks were tracked to 86 Internet protocol addresses from 16 countries including the United States, Japan, China and Guatemala, the lawmakers said.
The lawmakers, quoting information from the NIS given in a closed briefing, said North Korea was not among the 16 countries.
“The NIS suspects North Korea or its sympathizers are behind the attacks but it says it cannot be sure until the ongoing probe is completed,” Park Young-Sun, a lawmaker of the opposition Democratic Party, told journalists.
–PTI