With North Korea threatening war with the U.S. this
week, hackers reportedly affiliated with Anonymous broke into the rogue state's
official Twitter account.
The country's Twitter and Flickr
pages stopped sending out typical content
from the Pyongyang regime, such as photos of Kim Jong Un and military leaders.
Instead, a picture posted on the
North's Flickr site shows Kim Jong Un's face with a pig-like snout and a
drawing of Mickey Mouse on his chest.
Underneath, the text reads:
"Threatening world peace with ICBMs and Nuclear weapons / Wasting money
while his people starve to death."
Pretty much sums up Dennis Rodman's
dictator BFF.
Another
post claimed responsibility, boasting "We are Anonymous" - the
notorious hacker activist collective - in white letters against a black
background.
A statement purporting to come from
the attackers said they compromised 15,000 user records hosted on the official
Uriminzokkiri (dot) com and other websites.
The authenticity of the Anonymous
statement couldn't be confirmed, but such is the case with hackers, and the
North's official website did not open Thursday.
Tweets on the North's Twitter
account - opened in 2010 and somehow boasting 13,000 followers - said
"Hacked" followed by a link to North Korea-related websites.
The North uses the social media to
praise its system and leaders and also to repeat commentaries sent out by
North's official Korean Central News Agency.
At least it did. Who knows when
it'll be back up and Tweeting.
And have fun operating missiles with
no computers, Kim.
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