S Korea faces fresh 'cyber attack'

Computer security experts in South Korea have warned that the country faces a second wave of cyber attacks, a day after an attack paralysed several government and commercial sites in South Korea and the US.

The warning on Thursday follows reports that the government is investigating the possibility that the attack may have originated from North Korea or from pro-North Korean groups.


South Korea is one of Asia's most wired countries with two thirds of its people having high-speed access [AP]

Seoul-based antivirus software developer AhnLab said seven South Korean sites are likely to be targeted, including those of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, Kookmin Bank and the mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo newspaper.

AhnLab said it had identified the suspected virus program that sent a flood of internet traffic to paralyse websites in both countries South Korea and the US.

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