Hackers attack N Korea news website

Anonymous hackers appeared to have posted this picture to the Flickr page of of Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the North's state media. Source: Supplied

ACTIVIST hackers appear to have infiltrated North Korea's official news website and its accompanying Twitter and Flickr feeds, posting unflattering images of leader Kim Jong-Un.

The China-based website of Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the North's state media, was inaccessible and its companion feeds attacked and defaced.

On Twitter, the Uriminzokkiri account's profile photo was changed to one of a couple dancing the Tango, and a series of tweets read "Hacked" and "Tango Down".

The male dancer was wearing a Guy Fawkes mask -- a trademark of the "Anonymous" hacktivist group.

The website's Flickr page showed a number of images, including one which simply read "We Are Anonymous" and a mock-up "Wanted" poster featuring Kim with a pig's nose and ears and a Mickey Mouse tattoo on his chest. The poster claimed the UN had offered a $1 million reward for Kim's capture due to his "threatening world peace" and wasting money while people starve to death".

Uriminzokkiri is best known for posting propaganda videos excoriating the United States and including images like the White House framed in the crosshairs of a sniper's rifle sight.

The attack came amid soaring military tensions on the Korean peninsula with Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington engaged in a bout of high-stakes brinkmanship.

More detail of the Anonymous "Wanted" poster.

It also followed a major cyber attack that crashed the computer networks at South Korean TV broadcasters and banks last month and was widely blamed on North Korean hackers.

North Korea appears to have moved a medium range missile capable of hitting targets in Sth Korea and Japan.

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Hackers attack N Korea news website

Anonymous hackers appeared to have posted this picture to the Flickr page of of Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the North's state media. Source: Supplied

ACTIVIST hackers appear to have infiltrated North Korea's official news website and its accompanying Twitter and Flickr feeds, posting unflattering images of leader Kim Jong-Un.

The China-based website of Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the North's state media, was inaccessible and its companion feeds attacked and defaced.

On Twitter, the Uriminzokkiri account's profile photo was changed to one of a couple dancing the Tango, and a series of tweets read "Hacked" and "Tango Down".

The male dancer was wearing a Guy Fawkes mask -- a trademark of the "Anonymous" hacktivist group.

The website's Flickr page showed a number of images, including one which simply read "We Are Anonymous" and a mock-up "Wanted" poster featuring Kim with a pig's nose and ears and a Mickey Mouse tattoo on his chest. The poster claimed the UN had offered a $1 million reward for Kim's capture due to his "threatening world peace" and wasting money while people starve to death".

Uriminzokkiri is best known for posting propaganda videos excoriating the United States and including images like the White House framed in the crosshairs of a sniper's rifle sight.

The attack came amid soaring military tensions on the Korean peninsula with Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington engaged in a bout of high-stakes brinkmanship.

On Twitter, the Uriminzokkiri account's profile photo was changed to one of a couple dancing the Tango, and a series of tweets read "Hacked" and "Tango Down".

It also followed a major cyber attack that crashed the computer networks at South Korean TV broadcasters and banks last month and was widely blamed on North Korean hackers.

More detail of the Anonymous "Wanted" poster.

North Korea appears to have moved a medium range missile capable of hitting targets in Sth Korea and Japan.

On Twitter, the Uriminzokkiri account's profile photo was changed to one of a couple dancing the Tango, and a series of tweets read "Hacked" and "Tango Down".

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Victims stunned by ABC hack attack

The ABC aired an interview with Dutch anti-Muslim campaigner Geert Wilders earlier this month. Picture: Tony Gough Source: Herald Sun

VICTIMS have been left stunned after their personal information was leaked online following an alleged hacking attack on the ABC website.

The personal information of thousands of Australians, including email addresses, location and gender, was leaked following the hacking.

Hacker "Phr0zenMyst" announced the attack about 1am on Twitter, posting a link to several data files they claimed were taken from the abc.net.au database.

The files contain the personal email addresses, locations and genders of thousands of registered users of ABC websites, including encrypted versions of their login passwords.

In the tweet, the hacker said the attack was retaliation for ABC "giving a platform'' to Dutch anti-Muslim campaigner Geert Wilders, who is currently on a speaking tour of Australia.

''ABC hacked for giving a platform for Geert Wilders to spread hatred #OpWilders - database leaked!'' the tweet read.

A South Australian government worker listed in the file, who did not wish to be named, was shocked her email address, age and postcode had been exposed online.

She said she couldn't remember ever signing up to an ABC website.

NSW resident Tim Gresham was horrified to learn his personal details had been exposed on the internet when contacted by News Limited this morning.

He said the information came from a questionnaire he filled out on the ABC's "Making Australia Happy'' website for its recent documentary series Making Couples Happy.

"This hacker has probably got a lot of information about me, intimate information about me, having an idea of what that website asked me in terms of my relationships and personal life,'' he said.

"They're asking a lot of people some very intimate stuff on that website, so these hackers have got some fairly intimate information on a number of people if they've managed to hack that website. This is big.''

Mr Gresham likened the data leak to a theft or assault.

"Of course I'm angry. I get angry if my house is broken into, or if a possession of mine is broken into when it's in someone else's care, and that's what this is,'' he said.

"It's theft. It annoys me because I can't stand junk mail, but I do get a lot of spam to that address and this will make it worse.''

On February 14, before his arrival in Australia, Mr Wilders was interviewed about his opposition to muslim immigrants in the Netherlands by Tony Jones on ABCs Lateline show.

The ABC has been contacted for comment.

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Victims stunned by ABC hack attack

The ABC aired an interview with Dutch anti-Muslim campaigner Geert Wilders earlier this month. Picture: Tony Gough Source: Herald Sun

VICTIMS have been left stunned after their personal information was leaked online following an alleged hacking attack on the ABC website.

The personal information of thousands of Australians, including email addresses, location and gender, was leaked following the hacking.

Hacker "Phr0zenMyst" announced the attack about 1am on Twitter, posting a link to several data files they claimed were taken from the abc.net.au database.

The files contain the personal email addresses, locations and genders of thousands of registered users of ABC websites, including encrypted versions of their login passwords.

In the tweet, the hacker said the attack was retaliation for ABC "giving a platform'' to Dutch anti-Muslim campaigner Geert Wilders, who is currently on a speaking tour of Australia.

''ABC hacked for giving a platform for Geert Wilders to spread hatred #OpWilders - database leaked!'' the tweet read.

A South Australian government worker listed in the file, who did not wish to be named, was shocked her email address, age and postcode had been exposed online.

She said she couldn't remember ever signing up to an ABC website.

NSW resident Tim Gresham was horrified to learn his personal details had been exposed on the internet when contacted by News Limited this morning.

He said the information came from a questionnaire he filled out on the ABC's "Making Australia Happy'' website for its recent documentary series Making Couples Happy.

"This hacker has probably got a lot of information about me, intimate information about me, having an idea of what that website asked me in terms of my relationships and personal life,'' he said.

"They're asking a lot of people some very intimate stuff on that website, so these hackers have got some fairly intimate information on a number of people if they've managed to hack that website. This is big.''

Mr Gresham likened the data leak to a theft or assault.

"Of course I'm angry. I get angry if my house is broken into, or if a possession of mine is broken into when it's in someone else's care, and that's what this is,'' he said.

"It's theft. It annoys me because I can't stand junk mail, but I do get a lot of spam to that address and this will make it worse.''

On February 14, before his arrival in Australia, Mr Wilders was interviewed about his opposition to muslim immigrants in the Netherlands by Tony Jones on ABCs Lateline show.

The ABC has been contacted for comment.

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