N Korea’s Internet Collapses After Sony Hack

Workers remove a poster-banner for “The Interview” from a billboard in Hollywood, California, December 18, 2014 a day after Sony announced it had no choice but to cancel the movie’s Christmas release and pull it from theaters due to a credible th North Korea’s Internet went completely dark Monday after hours of instability, cyber experts said, suggesting the country’s network could be under attack following the hacking of Sony Pictures.
“North Korea is completely off the Internet,” Earl Zmijewski, vice president of data analytics at respected cyber security firm Dyn Research, told AFP. Pyongyang’s connection woes came after US President Barack Obama vowed to retaliate for what the FBI said was North Korea’s cyber assault on the Hollywood studio.
While US officials refused to confirm whether Washington has already taken action against Pyongyang, they did call for compensation for Sony which — following threats against movie-goers — pulled the Christmas Day debut of comedy “The Interview,” which lampoons North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.