DPRK PARTY DAILY BLAMES US FOR OPENING UP 'PRELUDE' TO 'CYBER WAR'

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• Publication Date: December 11, 2015

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SUBJ: (U) DPRK PARTY DAILY BLAMES US FOR OPENING UP 'PRELUDE' TO
'Cyber War'
SOURCE: Pyongyang Rodong Sinmun (Electronic
Edition) in Korean 19
Nov 15 (U)
TEXT:
[ (U) "Analysis of the Situation" by Rim Wo'n: "The Great Criminal
Power That Opened Up a Prelude to Cyber Warfare"]
[INTERNET]
[OSC Translated Text]
(U) This product may contain copyrighted material; authorized use
for national security purposes of the United States Government
only.
Any reproduction, dissemination, or use is subject to the OSC usage
policy and the original copyright.
As science and technology develop at a rapid pace in the current
era,
the level of human civilization continues to advance further, and
the
world's countenance continues to change with each passing day.
The rapid development of science and technology tightens the bonds
and exchanges between countries even more closely.
Mankind points its aspirations towards advancing scientific and
technological development for the sake of common prosperity.
Running counter to this, however, there are forces running amok in
an
attempt to adopt even mankind's achievements in science and
technology development as a means of warfare, in an attempt to
realize their ambition for world domination. They are none other
than
the United States.
This is clearly demonstrated by the single fact that the United
States has labeled cyberspace as the "fifth domain of warfare."
The United States is trying to turn not only the sky, land, sea,
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and
space, but also cyberspace, into one of their battlefields, in
order
to realize their ambition for world domination.
Recently, a Swedish newspaper, "Dagens Nyheter," exposed the fact
that the United States executed an attack against Iran's nuclear
facilities by developing a new malicious program called "Mask,"
which
is a reinforced version of "Stuxnet," a cyber attack program, in
2010.
"Stuxnet," detected in 2010, was co-developed by the United States
and Israel, and it is known to be the most fatal means of cyber
attack in history.
The United States, which was displeased with Iran's peaceful
nuclear
development, has long been maneuvering directly and indirectly, in
order to bring it to ruin.
Since 1996, under the objective of obstructing Iran's peaceful
nuclear development, the United States has been pursuing a
cyber-attack operation with the code name, "Olympic Games."
Having developed a cyber attack program called "Stuxnet" during
2005-2007, they delayed Iran's construction of nuclear facilities
with attacks on the electrical systems of Iran's nuclear
facilities.
Afterwards, Obama, who assumed the position of president, received
a
briefing on a top-secret plan regarding cyber attacks against
Iran's
nuclear facilities, that had been executed during the previous Bush
administration, and gave the secret order to further expand [the
plan]. Accordingly, by first infiltrating the computer systems of
Iran's nuclear facilities with a program called "Beacon," the
United
States stole the blueprints to interior operations at the nuclear
facilities.
Meanwhile in 2010, they developed "Mask," a new malicious program
that reinforced "Stuxnet," and executed another attack on Iran's
nuclear facilities. As a result, in June of that year [2010], 1,000
centrifuges installed in Iran's Natanz nuclear facility were forced
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to suspend operations temporarily.
Nevertheless, whenever there has been an opportunity in the past,
the
United States has clamored until it was blue in the face, that its
actions in the cyber sector are thoroughly "defensive in nature."
However, there is no way to hide an awl in a sack.
In a publication concerning the world's cyber warfare, a US
reporter
argued that the United States' cyber attack on Iran's nuclear
facilities has opened up the prelude to a new, international cyber
war.
Snowden, who used to be an agent for the US National Security
Agency
[NSA], also revealed that "the era of cyber attack has arrived by
means of the United States' execution of a malicious virus attack
against Iran."
Although the malicious program "Mask" achieved its desired
objective
by infiltrating Iran's nuclear facilities, the secret leaked out
through various channels, and it ultimately became open to the
public.
On this occasion, the dark secret of the United States' cyber
warfare
against Iran was once again exposed to the entire world.
The United States' acts of cyber attack are not only limited to
Iran.
The United States, with various countries in the world as its
targets, is carrying out acts of cyber attack without hesitation.
Its major targets are anti-US, independent countries, including our
country.
Only recently, the United States evoked public criticism after it
was
revealed that it had failed in an attempt to destroy our country's
nuclear facilities by using the cyber attack program, "Stuxnet."
Allies also are not exempted from being targets of cyber attack by
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the United States. The United States extensively carried out the
act
of wire-tapping the phones of high-ranking French officials, by
developing a program called "US-985D."
Regarding this [act], the French newspaper, "[Le] Monde," disclosed
that the US NSA had secretly recorded more than 70 million phone
conversations in France for one month starting in December 2012.
In this manner, the United States has carried out cyber attack
operations all over the world and the number of [operations] cases
reached no fewer than 230 cases in 2011 alone.
According to publicly available documents, the United States has
invested 652 million US dollars to carry out operations
infiltrating
the communications and computer networks of various countries in
the
world, to hack into relevant data.
As all the facts show, the United States is the main culprit, who
not
only started state-level cyber attacks before anyone else, but also
turned cyberspace into a battlefield.
The world is raising its voice in denunciation of the United
States,
which runs amok recklessly while abusing achievements in scientific
and technological development -- which should contribute to human
civilization and development -- as a means of its war of aggression
against other countries and its infringement upon their
sovereignty.
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[Description of Source: Pyongyang Rodong Sinmun (Electronic
Edition) in Korean -- Daily of the Central Committee of the Workers
Party of Korea; posted on the Korean Press Media (KPM) website run
by
the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan;
URL: http://dprkmedia.com]
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