14 DAY TRIAL // A few days ago, South Korea officially named Pyongyang as being behind the recent cyberattacks that disrupted the operations of several banks and broadcasters. While North Korea is denying any implication, Seoul is preparing in the event of another massive attack.
According to the International Business Times, South Korea has disconnected the network of the state-run nuclear power plant from the public Internet to mitigate any potential attacks that might come from the north.
Representatives of the South Korean nuclear operator, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, have revealed that all connections to the Web have been disabled and the control systems network at the facility has been divided.
Since USB ports are also a great way to plant malware onto critical infrastructure systems – a fact that we’ve learned from the Stuxnet attack – the plant’s operator has also decided to seal off all USB ports.