North Korea has completed preparations for a missile test that could come any day, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said as Pyongyang prepared to mark the April 15 birthday of its founder, historically a time when it seeks to draw the world's attention with dramatic displays of military power.
In Pyongyang, however, the focus Wednesday was less on preparing for war and more on beautifying the city ahead of the nation's biggest holiday. Soldiers hammered away on construction projects, gardeners got down on their knees to plant flowers and trees, and students marched off to school, belying a sense that tensions on the Korean Peninsula have reached their highest point since the Korean War ended nearly 60 years ago.
In Seoul, officials said Wednesday that North Korea was responsible for a cyber attack that shut down tens of thousands of computers and servers at South Korean broadcasters and banks last month, adding that an initial investigation pointed to a military-run spy agency as the culprit.
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Investigators detected similarities between the March cyberattack and past hacking attributed to the North Korean spy agency, including the recycling of 30 previously used malware programs out of a total of 76 used in the attack, said Chun Kil-soo, an official at South Korea's internet security agency.
He said the attack appeared to have been planned for about eight months.
"We saw evidence that the attack was extremely carefully prepared," Chun said at a news briefing.
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