Congressman Calls For Cyber Reprisals Against North Korea

A Republican congressman has urged the US to unleash a retaliatory cyber-attack against North Korea over DDoS attacks supposedly launched against US and South Korean websites.

Congressman Peter Hoekstra of Michagan, the lead Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, urged President Obama to mount a “show of force” against North Korea over its alleged role in cyberattacks last week.

Hoekstra made the call to fire up the cyber-equivalent of B-52 bombers despite absolutely no evidence that the impoverished, hard-line communist state is involved in the assault. This lack of evidence didn’t prevent Hoekstra from warning about possible “cyber-geddon” if the US failed to act on last week’s attacks.

If action is not taken, he said during an appearance on American radio show, “next time they’ll go in and shut down a banking system…or manipulate the electrical grid either here or in South Korea. Or they will try and miscalculate, and people will be killed.”

via Congressman calls for ‘cyber-reprisals’ against North Korea • The Register.