Columbia has put its cyber security team on high alert after news from the dying of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il broke today.

Based on a study from Korean news agency Yonhap, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has elevated the cyber aware of the 3rd greatest level by 2 pm . The increased condition of emergency might find the company step-up its monitoring of possible Web sites (distributed denial-of-service) attacks and increase its checking of possible hacking occurrences along with other Internet-based assaults so it thinks it might weather following a news.

In addition to raising its�vigilance�of possible cyber attacks, the organisation has cautioned Korean Internet customers to prevent opening emails relevant towards the North Korean leader s dying, particularly any that result from unknown senders.

South Korean authorities have voiced their concern at standing on the receiving finish of numerous cyber assaults from the neighbour this season, which incorporated the take lower from the computer of the National Farming Cooperative Federation in April. Its Northern Border has, however, refused its participation.

The federal government within the South has additionally brought regular crackdowns on people that praise its northern border Korean regime in the web space. The problem went beyond so what can be tolerated inside the freedom of expression in October, which lead condition official to step-up their investigation�of the problem and also the customers purported to be posting the messages.