SECOND UPDATE: Asada/Kim Rivalry Leads to Cyberattacks

OMG…really. I mean this is too much! All of these ‘netizens’ should be ashamed…both Kim and Asada fans!

that article was written by a writer who was misinformed.. krns
wrote
out a fake article… u should take it down, there is a
new article out about what happened u should read that

before posting up article that doesnt have the

real information,,

Not true, I’ve been reading korean fan site for ages now, and I have never seen an ariticle that would have provoked japanese fans. Can’t say the fans absolutely love Mao but they don’t write crap about her either. The korean figure skating fan site is extremley puzzled and cross as to why this rumor has started, Vank are refusing to give statement. The fan site is willing to provide history and all the articels if needed.

The latest articles I could find (one from The Korea Times out this morning) reiterates the claims made by the other sites. But I would welcome any additional information anyone has, feel free to email to requiredelements(at)gmail.com.

KBS, the Korea Broadcasting System released correction news today about this Japan vs Korea cyber conflict.
The rumors that Koreans first attacked Japanese 2ch turned out to be the wrong fact. Korean site DCinside’s admin confirmed officially in the KBS interview that they couldn’t find the slightest sign of attacking Japanese 2ch from their site.
So it’s highly probable that this whole story is their own drama, KBS reported.

VANK has sources that there was a massive cyber attack from Japan. But i wonder if 2ch also has that source, which i believe does not exist.
Considering VANK has been attacked by Japanese 2ch many times without any specific reasons.. You can easily deduce a conclusion from these facts.
Anyway i’m very worried this false report about ‘non-existing first attack’ would drop the image of Korean figure fans and VANK.

Thanks for the comments. I’ve added the most recent article I can find in the updates.

JoongAng Daily’s article in the second update seems to be based on rumor. The Web servers hosting 2ch bulletin boards were actually attacked by people in Korean domain, and some of the 2ch servers went down for a while. Responding to the attack, one of the bulletin boards on 2ch put a thread that reports the situation of the cyberattack from overseas. Some of the 2ch users started to attack against VANK after reading the report. According to the thread, the attack against 2ch from Korea seems to be still continuing.

As long as I know, it is a fact that some people in Korea attacked 2ch. It is also a fact that some 2ch users attacked VANK in retaliation. However, it seems to be just a rumor that the initial attack from Korea had something to do with the result of the Grand Prix final. The attack started just after the Grand Prix final, but it can be just coincidence.

To Aki.

According to what i know, there are no sources there was a “Korean” attack from 2ch officially.
The only source about this is lots of anonymous postings on 2ch provoking the viewers to attack VANK with the manual of ‘how to attack’. And what draws my attention is that VANK was attacked by 2ch many times without any reasons before.

Korean DCinside’s admin was interviewed that they couldn’t find a single line of provoking cyberattack to 2ch.

I’m curious to know the true facts too, not rumors. FS fans in DCinside(though they are just a small part of the Korean FS fans) are mad at this news they are accused of absurdly. You can find the announcement post in the Korean site if you want.

To San,

BIG-server, which is providing servers for 2ch, has a news release that was issued on Dec. 17th. According to the news release, attack against 2ch servers from South Korean IP addresses started from the night of December 15th.

ITmedia News (Japanese news site concerning information technology and media) also has a news report on the cyber attack against 2ch from Korea.

To Aki,

Aki, sorry for saying this but i’m afraid you are also taken in.

13th : GP final ladies free finished.
14th : 2ch spread fake rumors of the cyberattack from Korean FS fans. and VANK was attacked at this day.(VANK has source about this.)
15th : Headline news released about VANK attacked by Japanese.
Korean nationalists’ counterattack.(VANK represents the pride of their history.)

The first and only source you got is the source of the 15th Korean counterattack released by BIG-server.

Aki, these facts are all well known to Koreans. I’m afraid some of the Japanese internet users still don’t know this.
And the FS fans in DCinside prepares to move to the new site because of this since they are absurdly accused of the crime they did not even think of. Which expenses take over 10 thousand USD to move to the new site. You’ll now understand why the Korean fans are so mad about this issue.

San

I forgot one thing,

16th: Japanese counterattack and all the DCinside server went down.

Sorry for posting this at Christmas. This is so heartbreaking. They need 10 thousand USD to move to the new site…You know how much money that is for the people who just want to enjoy FS in their own country. They are even interrupted by foreign guys they even don’t know…

If there wasn’t this kind of fabricated rumors and attacks, ah, nevermind.

Sorry again for messing up the blog, everyone.
Merry X-mas.

To San,

The 2ch has a thread for reporting the load of the servers. The beginning of this fuss is that, at 19:49:07 of December 14, a comment by one of the 2ch administrators was posted on the thread. The comment said that 2ch was being attacked. The administrater posted tons of attacker’s IP addresses there. They were Korean IP addresses. It was the beginning of the fuss. Perhaps anyone can still see the attacker’s IP adresses there provided that he/she has a specialized browser for 2ch.