North Korea has been the target of several attacks lately

Apr 2, 2013 11:51 GMT  ·  By

With tension rising between North Korea and anyone who'll listen to them, it seems that some enterprising hackers took it upon themselves to fight for freedom in the country, by infiltrating many of its local networks.

As proof, the allegedly Anonymous-connected hackers have published a small sample of alleged username and password combinations that they've allegedly extracted from the North Korean site Uriminzokkiri.

Uriminzokkiri, which is translated as Our Nation, is a North Korean news and propaganda site, located in China. Hackers claim that they are in possession of some 15,000 usernames and passwords for the site.

The hackers want the North Korean leaders to resign and a "free democracy" to be put in place. Otherwise, they threaten to take over the country's intranets and wreak havoc on the systems they control.

Whether that happens or not remains to be seen. It's hard to verify any of the claims. Some North Korean sites were also taken down by attacks during the weekend, and both Anonymous hackers and Jester took credit for them.