North Korea Internet Outage

North Korea accused the United States today of being responsible for Internet outages it experienced in recent days amid a confrontation between them over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures.

Key North Korean websites suffered intermittent outages on Tuesday after a nearly 10-hour shutdown that followed a U.S. vow to respond to a crippling cyberattack on Sony Pictures that Washington blames on Pyongyang.

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today a limited theatrical release of 'The Interview' beginning on Thursday, putting back into the theatres the comedy that prompted an international incident with North Korea and outrage over its cancelled release.

North Korea is one of the most isolated nations in the world, and the effects of the Internet outage there were not fully clear.

North Korea, at the center of a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of Sony Pictures, experienced a complete Internet outage for hours before links were restored on Tuesday, a US company that monitors Internet infrastructure said.

Dyn Research said the reason for the disruptions was not known but could range from technological glitches to a hacking attack.

North Korea appeared to have been hit by Internet outages, reports said on Monday, just days after US President Barack Obama warned Washington would retaliate for a cyber attack on Sony Pictures blamed on Pyongyang.

North Korea accused the United States today of being responsible for Internet outages it experienced in recent days amid a confrontation between them over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures.

Key North Korean websites suffered intermittent outages on Tuesday after a nearly 10-hour shutdown that followed a U.S. vow to respond to a crippling cyberattack on Sony Pictures that Washington blames on Pyongyang.

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today a limited theatrical release of 'The Interview' beginning on Thursday, putting back into the theatres the comedy that prompted an international incident with North Korea and outrage over its cancelled release.

North Korea is one of the most isolated nations in the world, and the effects of the Internet outage there were not fully clear.

North Korea, at the center of a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of Sony Pictures, experienced a complete Internet outage for hours before links were restored on Tuesday, a US company that monitors Internet infrastructure said.

Dyn Research said the reason for the disruptions was not known but could range from technological glitches to a hacking attack.

North Korea appeared to have been hit by Internet outages, reports said on Monday, just days after US President Barack Obama warned Washington would retaliate for a cyber attack on Sony Pictures blamed on Pyongyang.