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NKorea blames US, SKorea for cyberattacks, but experts say investigations can take months

By: The Associated Press

Posted: 03/15/2013 3:08 AM | Comments: 0 | Last Modified: 03/15/2013 5:26 AM

South Korean army soldiers patrol along a barbed-wire fence at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 15, 2013. The Koreas' border can seem a surreal place at the best of times — part tourist trap, part war zone. An amusement park, fast-food joints and kitschy souvenir shops mix with an ever-present Cold War tension that is higher now than it has been in years, following North Korean outrage over U.N. sanctions and joint U.S.-South Korean military drills.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea says South Korea and the U.S. are behind a temporary Internet shut down this week. But an expert says it's too early to determine what happened.

The official Korean Central News Agency provided few details in its claim Friday of an attack.

Foreigners in Pyongyang reported no Internet access Wednesday and Thursday. The Bangkok-based company that operates North Korea's Internet confirms a cyberattack but says networks are normal Friday.

South Korea denies the allegation. The U.S. military declined to comment. A security expert says cyberattack investigations can take months, and that individual hackers are more likely to blame than governments in this case.

Only a small number of approved North Koreans can surf the World Wide Web.

Pyongyang also criticizes U.S.-South Korean military drills and new UN sanctions.

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