North Korea Experiences Severe Internet Outages; White House Won’t Comment

FILE - In this July 26, 2013 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves as he arrives for a performance of the "Arirang" mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Ko... FILE - In this July 26, 2013 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves as he arrives for a performance of the "Arirang" mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File) MORE LESS
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WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea is experiencing widespread Internet outages. One expert says the country’s online access is “totally down.”

It’s not immediately clear if the Internet connectivity problems were an act of retribution for a major intrusion at Sony Pictures Entertainment that the FBI last week linked to North Korea.

President Barack Obama on Friday said the U.S. government would respond but didn’t say how.

The White House declined to comment Monday. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters that of the federal government responses, “some will be seen, some may not be seen.”

Doug Madory (Muh-DOOR-ee), director of Internet analysis at Dyn Research, said the Internet connectivity problems were discovered in the last 24 hours and have gotten progressively worse to the point that “North Korea’stotally down.”

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  1. Amazon Prime can’t help you now, Kim Jong-un; you’ll never get those presents in time for Christmas.

  2. White House comment: (crickets)

  3. They have the internets in North Korea?

  4. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    Can’t hack without bandwidth.

    jw1

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