Transtelecom: Russian company opens new Internet access for North Korea

So far, North Korea has used its internet over a few hundred links from China. But henceforth transtelecom from Russia also supplies the isolated regime with Internet.

Transtelecom: Russian company opens new Internet access for North Korea

With help of Einerrussischen company, North Korea has opened a second internet connection. As Internet analysis company Dyn Research has provided, about 60 percent of North Korean data traffic has been handled by Dasrussische company Transtelecom since Sunday. Via Bisheralleinigen access Route China Unicom flows remaining data stream.

TransTelecomselbst explained that re was a "historical connection to tribal networks in North Korea" and since 2009 an agreement with country. However, NeueVerbindungen did not confirm company.

Currently, Esnur has few working Internet connections in North Korea. Experts assume a number between a few hundreds and a little over 1,000. For Asia-Pacific ZuständigeTechnologievorstand of security company FireEye, BryceBoland said that few Internet connections are indispensable Fürpotenzielle attacks. By a second Internetzugangwerde even North Korea can better control attacks, he warned.

WestlicheRegierungen make North Korea a large number of major Hackerangriffeverantwortlich, including those on Sony Pictures, banks and dieWannaCry attacks. The government in Pyongyang has Vorwürfezurück.

Cyber increased, dependence on China reduced?

In addition, SagteBoland that new line could also improve SicherheitNordkoreas. "Increasing number of VonInternetverbindung in and out of country will also increase dieWiderstandskraft against attacks," said Boland. DieWashington Post had recently reported US Dienstehätten attacks on hackers who had been in contact with Zunordkoreanischen spy units.

In JüngsterVergangenheit, regime in Pyongyang was occupied by several sanctions of international community because of its missile undAtomtests. Russia and China also contributed to punitive measures against isolated country.

A zweiterInternetzugang but would reduce North Korea's dependence on China. "The new link means that now two Firmendie business relations with North Korea would have to cut off Landvom internet," said Martyn Williams of project 38North of US Korea Institute of John Hopkins University of Inbaltimore, which has new Internet access first reported. Since transtelecom has enabled DenInternetzugang under current circumstances, "it is apparently not allzubesorgt to do business with regime."

Date Of Update: 03 October 2017, 08:35
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