Will Kim Jong Un be for cyberwarfare what his dad was for nukes?

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http://www.csoonline.com/article/696930/will-kim-jong-un-be-for-cyberwarfare-what-his-dad-was-for-nukes-

By Taylor Armerding
CSO
December 21, 2011

The death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has understandably set 
neighboring South Korea and other countries in the region on edge. But 
should it put the western world on high alert as well, for possible 
cyberattacks?

Two cyber security experts have different views on the matter.

There is general agreement that the transition of power could bring 
significant instability to the region. While the dictator's son, Kim 
Jong Un, was named by his father to succeed him, the twenty-something 
Kim has had only two years to be groomed for the position, while his 
father had 14. He was made a four-star general by his father, but has 
never served in the military.

And even if the younger Kim does take power seamlessly, there is 
speculation that he may deliberately act aggressively to quash even the 
thought of an "Arab Spring" type of rebellion, to consolidate his power 
and establish a reputation throughout the world that he will be just as 
unpredictable and threatening as his father.

South Korea's largest news agency, Yonhap, reported that the country had 
put its military on high alert.

Korea Communications Commission (KCC) raised the cyber alert to the 
third-highest level over the weekend and stepped up monitoring on 
distributed denial-of-service attacks, hacking incidents and other 
assaults via the Internet.

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