American Hacker P4x Single-Handedly Turns Off Internet In North Korea

A lone American computer hacker, P4x has been disrupting the internet of North Korea, paralyzing the government-run websites. Aside from that, the hacker’s activities brought email traffic to a stop in a bid to avenge an earlier cyber attack by the Communist state against US security researchers. For the past couple of weeks, those observing North Korea’s highly secured internet noticed that the country was facing major connectivity-related issues. Due to these connectivity problems, all of North Korea’s websites intermittently went offline.

For instance, the Air Koryo airline’s booking site, as well as the official website for Kim Jong-un’s government, Naenara dropped offline at irregular intervals. At the time, it seemed like at least one of the central routers that provide access to the country’s networks was inoperative. As a result, the country’s digital connections to the rest of the world face severe damage. According to a few North Korea watchers, the country recently completed several missile tests. This indicates that hackers from another country had initiated a cyberattack against the Hermit Kingdom to urge it to stop showing off its military force.

Who Is Behind The Internet Outages In North Korea?

The ongoing internet disruption in North Korea isn’t a result of the activities of another state-backed hacking agency or the US Cyber Command. On the contrary, these outages were spearheaded by one American hacker, who goes by the name P4x. Interestingly, he ran several programs to disrupt North Korea’s internet, sitting in his home office in a T-shirt, pajama pants, and slippers. Moreover, he was enjoying his favorite Alien movies and eating spicy corn snacks while the programs continued to affect the internet connection of the entire country.

To recall, North Korean spies had hacked the independent hacker over a year ago. Aside from P4x, other Western security researchers were the victim of this hacking campaign. This cyberattack was originally initiated to steal information about software vulnerabilities, and the hacking tools used by security researchers. According to P4x, he successfully stopped those hackers from stealing any valuable…