North Korean state websites down for 32 hours in suspected DDoS attack

North Korea's internet saw repeated outages this week, with more than 40 .kp websites, including the foreign ministry and KCNA, offline for about 32 hours from Tuesday. Kentik recorded simultaneous traffic spikes from Vietnam and Venezuela, pointing to a DDoS attack; no culprit has been identified.

• Over 40 .kp sites, including the foreign ministry and KCNA, went offline
• Outages lasted about 32 hours, starting on Tuesday
• Kentik saw simultaneous traffic spikes from Vietnam and Venezuela
• No attacker identified; power-supply issues not ruled out