North Korea internet hit by a major outage, analyst says

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North Korea's net is experiencing a large outage connected Saturday (June 7, 2025), said a UK-based researcher, adding that the origin whitethorn beryllium whitethorn beryllium interior alternatively than a cyberattack.

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North Korea's main quality websites and its Foreign Ministry website were inaccessible connected Saturday morning, according to checks by Reuters.

"A large outage is presently occurring connected North Korea's net - affecting each routes whether they travel successful via China oregon Russia," said Junade Ali, a U.K.-based researcher who monitors the North Korean internet.

North Korea's full net infrastructure is not showing up connected systems that tin show net activities, helium said.

"Hard to accidental if this is intentional oregon accidental - but seems similar this is interior alternatively than an attack," helium said.

Officials astatine South Korea's Police Cyber Terror Response Centre, which monitors North Korea's cyber activities, could not beryllium reached for comment.

Published - June 07, 2025 06:49 americium IST