South Korea vs. 2channel
When a conversation takes place on the world’s largest internet message board, people listen. Combined with fervent nationalism, the results of a little trash talking can lead to all out internet war.
A South Korean group recently launched a massive denial of service attack on Japan’s almighty 2channel, causing an estimated $2.5 million in damages. The attacks came in part as a means of celebrating Korea’s March 1 independence day, but also as a response to criticisms made by the anonymous posters of 2ch regarding Korean Olympic figure skater Kim Yu-Na.
Most of 2ch’s servers are located in the US, and the site’s hosting company is looking into having the attack investigated as cyber terrorism by the FBI. Responses to the attack have ranged from the expected Japanese internet counter-invasion to the establishment of a relief fund for victims of the Chilean earthquake.
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