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Today's Kyunghyang Shinmun published the following piece:

"Attack Websites to Liberate North Korean Citizens"

Anonymous Korea, the South Korean branch of an international group of hackers who call themselves Anonymous, released a list of South Koreans who subscribed to a North Korean propaganda website, Uriminjok-kkiri (among our people).

On April 8, The Kyunghyang Shinmun interviewed a member (Twitter ID @Anonsi) of Anonymous Korea. In the interview, the hacker said, "The attacks on North Korea and Israel were carried out to liberate the citizens of North Korea and to retaliate for the numerous casualties due to Israel's raid on Gaza."
 

Recently, Anonymous hacked into and attacked Israeli and North Korean websites causing the sites to crash. The hacker we interviewed acknowledged, "The forewarning that we will attack North Korean websites this coming June 25 is true." Earlier, Anonymous had announced they might attack North Korean nuclear facilities as well as their government websites on June 25.

Q. Does a group called Anonymous actually exist or is it just a name commonly used by hackers?
 

A. It's an actual group. It's just not a formal organization. It's a group of like-minded people. We are anonymous. We maintain our anonymity and hack according to our purpose.
 

Q. Do you hack individually or collaborate?
 

A. Sometimes we work separately. When we collaborate, we divide [the roles] into hackers and those who engage in tango down (crashing a certain website) attacks.
 

Q. Why did you target North Korea and Israel for the latest attack?
 

A. We are not the United Nations. We only act according to our beliefs. We wanted to urge North Korea to free its citizens and to cease further provocations, and Kim Jong-un to step down. As for Israel, it was in retaliation for the countless casualties who suffered from the raids on Gaza.
 

Q. Some are concerned that hacking into North Korean websites can trigger regional warfare or an all-out war.

 
A. The results will be the same, even if we don't do what we do.
 

Q. Unlike a typical online attack by hackers, you disclosed your identity after the attack on North Korea. Why?
 

A. Anonymous originally discloses its identity. Most of the [hacking] operations are carried out in public.
 

Q. What do you think about North Korea's technical capability in online hacking and defense?
 

A. I'm not sure since I haven't tested them directly, but considering their security status, I don't think they're that powerful.

 
Q. How did you proceed with the latest attack?

 
A. On March 30, we ventured to tango down 5 websites. Then we hacked into the sites. One of the major websites was the Uriminjokkkiri website, which praises Kim Jong-un and promotes propaganda targeting South Koreans.
 

Q. Hacking is illegal. Do you think there is a positive aspect to hacking?
 

A. Like the recent North Korean operation, we hack for a bigger cause. It's hacktivism (a movement in which people hack or incapacitate a target server computer or develop such technologies for a sociopolitical cause). If North Korea cannot engage in provocations and if the North Korean citizens can be free due to our actions, this can be an example of hacktivism.
 

Q. Some view Anonymous as an ideological or political group.
 

A. We hack according to our ways and beliefs, so we don't care about evaluation or criticism from the public. We pursue freedom, peace, the right to know, and the freedom of expression.
 

Q. What are your future plans? You said you would launch an online attack on North Korea this coming June 25.
 

A. We will not stop #Op NorthKorea and #Op FreeKorea. And we are preparing #Op KoreanWar this June. If North Korea engages in provocations, we can launch additional attacks any time. We will continue our attack until we get what we demand and achieve our goal.

http://english.khan.co.kr/khan_art_view.html?artid=201304091821557&code=710100

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☞ 'Anonymous' Hackers Declare Cyber War On North Korea (Huffington Post, 4.04)