{"id":21309,"date":"2016-06-01T13:30:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T17:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=21309"},"modified":"2019-11-17T06:29:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T11:29:24","slug":"north-korea-has-its-own-version-of-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=21309","title":{"rendered":"North Korea has it\u2019s own version of Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And guess what? It was hacked within hours of going live! Good day all, this is the Angry Systems Administrator. Last week news came out that North Korea had created it\u2019s own version of Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/computer-security-criminal.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17193\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/computer-security-criminal-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" alt=\"computer-security-criminal\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/computer-security-criminal.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/computer-security-criminal.jpg?w=425&amp;ssl=1 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Why is a mystery to me since almost no one there has a computer, let alone access to things like electricity and food. Still, I\u2019m guess that Buckethead, better known as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kim_Jong-un\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kim Jong-un<\/a> wanted it so he could claim that he created it and coded the entire site, set up all the servers and wired the entire network by himself over a weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Well, there was just one teensy little problem. The ultimate police state must have learned computer security procedures from Hillary Clinton\u2019s personal IT administrator because the site was hacked within hours of going live. Here are the details from Motherboard:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>You don\u2019t need to be an ancient social media site to get hacked on the internet.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>But it helps!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>On Friday, we first reported on a mysterious Facebook clone hosted in North Korea. A mere few hours later, someone had already hacked the site.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtuber youtube=&#8217;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gbp_JQ7RxqM&#8217;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>I was posting links to the James Franco and Seth Rogen movie <\/b><em><b>The Interview<\/b><\/em><b>, which famously mocked North Korea\u2019s dictator Kim Jong-un, on my newly-created account when I noticed something strange. On the bottom of the window, under the \u201cFriends Suggestions\u201d box, there was a \u201cSponsored\u201d box containing a peculiar message.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>And the message was?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201c<b>Uh, I didn&#8217;t create this site just found the login,\u201d wrote an 18-year-old college student from Scotland named Andrew McKean.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rofl.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17749\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rofl-300x253.gif?resize=300%2C253\" alt=\"rofl\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>McKean was able to become an admin for the site just by clicking on the \u201cAdmin\u201d link at the bottom of the site and guessing the username and password.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>And what was that username and password? I\u2019m sure it must have been something very arcane and difficult to discover.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>As it turned out, McKean said, the combination was extremely predictable: \u201cadmin\u201d and \u201cpassword.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headdesk.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17445\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headdesk-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"headdesk\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headdesk.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headdesk.jpg?w=449&amp;ssl=1 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>After reading Motherboard\u2019s article on the site, McKean said he looked at a demo for the off-the-shelf <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170603213824\/https:\/\/phpdolphin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook clone called phpDolphin<\/a> and noticed that the default credentials for an admin were \u201cadmin\u201d and \u201cpassword,\u201d so he tried his luck on the North Korean site.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/eye-roll.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/eye-roll-292x300.jpg?resize=292%2C300\" alt=\"eye roll\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/eye-roll.jpg?resize=292%2C300&amp;ssl=1 292w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/eye-roll.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FIRST thing any Systems Admin does once they load a system, even before putting it on a network, is change the default logins and passwords.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201c<b>I don&#8217;t know why, but i just wanted to check if it worked, after all this Facebook clone site was new and not much had been done to it,\u201d he said, adding that he had \u201cno plans\u201d to do much more with it, other than perhaps redirect the site to an anti-North Korean site. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you did that, you would have needed to reset the login credentials yourself to really stick it to Buckethead, Of course, the North Korean government is not known for their sense of humor and is known for killing anyone that annoys them, so not trashing the site was probably the right thing to do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/We-are-anonymous.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7605\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/We-are-anonymous-300x300.gif?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"We are anonymous\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/We-are-anonymous.gif?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/We-are-anonymous.gif?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/We-are-anonymous.gif?w=324&amp;ssl=1 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The fate of the site, just like its origin, is totally unclear at this point. Doug Madory, a researcher at Dyn and one of the first ones who spotted the site, expects it to be taken offline soon.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, according to Fox News, the site is now offline. I\u2019m sure the North Korean Systems and Network admins who were handed the site by Comrade Buckethead after all his hard work are enjoying their <a href=\"http:\/\/worldnews.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2014\/01\/03\/22156917-kim-jong-uns-executed-uncle-was-eaten-alive-by-120-hungry-dogs-report?lite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new careers as dogfood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you<\/p>\n<p><i><b>~The Angry Systems Administrator~<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13627\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"The Angry Systems Administrator\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[yasr_visitor_votes size=&#8221;medium&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And guess what? It was hacked within hours of going live! Good day all, this is the Angry Systems Administrator. Last week news came out that North Korea had created it\u2019s own version of Facebook. <a href=\"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=21309\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,6,135,71,57,35],"tags":[222,6,15,101,57,27],"class_list":["post-21309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hero","category-humor","category-just-desserts","category-news-of-the-day","category-technology","category-tyranny","tag-good-idea-fairy","tag-humor","tag-incompetence","tag-news","tag-technology","tag-totalitarianism"],"views":495,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16796,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=16796","url_meta":{"origin":21309,"position":0},"title":"That\u2019s a nice internet you got there Kim Jung-du","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"December 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Be a shame if anything happened to it now, wouldn\u2019t it? 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