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Key Findings
- Satellite imagery of North Korea’s Tumangang Rail Facility at the border with Russia captured on October 5, 2023, shows an unprecedented number of freight railcars, totaling approximately 73 railcars.
- The level of rail traffic is far greater than what Beyond Parallel has observed at the facility during the past five years, even compared to pre-Covid-19 levels. Given that Kim and Putin discussed some military exchanges and cooperation at their recent summit, the dramatic increase in rail traffic likely indicates North Korea’s supply of arms and munitions to Russia. However, the extensive use of tarps to cover the shipping crates/containers and equipment makes it impossible to conclusively identify what is seen at the Tumangang Rail Facility.
- Developments elsewhere at the Tumangang Rail Facility indicate that North Korea is not simply planning to resume border traffic to pre-Covid-19 levels, but further expand the facility’s capacity at this border crossing.
- Military transfers between the two countries would violate multiple UN Security Council resolutions and be subject to additional sanctions by the United States and its allies.

Dwesa posted:

Dramatic Increase in DPRK-Russia Border Rail Traffic After Kim-Putin Summit

Alan Smithee posted:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1710938673217245290

Toxic Mental posted:

Please refrain from sniping at each other over sixxxers or I will sit on you. Instead you post more news and views about Ukraine winning the war against the illegally invading Russian imperialist regime, run by noted MadMan and war criminal, Vladimir Putin.

Yle.fi posted:

Pro-Russian cyber attacks are increasing. "Due to low effectiveness there's no need to be scared", says a security expert.
Over the past few days Russian attackers have conducted over 20 separate attacks on Finnish websites

Pro-Russian hacker group NoName 057(16) has continued its spree of cyber attacks on Finland. The latest victim on Friday was a popular route planner website operated by HSL, who run public transportation in Helsinki.

The widespread, but pro-Russian NoName, has conducted 20 similar attacks in a short period of time, according to Traficom, the bureau of traffic and communications. The strikes have targeted Traficom itself, as well as two banks, other government services, media and large companies.

These are so called denial of service attacks, which aim to swamp the websites with as much traffic as possible. Through this the website's level of service is degraded, or it is brought down entirely. The effects of these attacks have been short lived and minor, the Cyber Security Center at Traficom estimates.

- It's hybrid influencing. The effects of the attacks are minor, but the group itself is claiming massive results on their own channels, says security expert Samuli Könönen at the CSC.

The strikes are the results of political actions, which Finland has taken to support Ukraine in their war of survival. These include the supportive messages given by foreign minister Elina Valtonen, as well as the military support Finland continues to provide to Ukraine.

The attacks aim to affect Finland's support for Ukraine
According to Könönen, the timing and the increasing frequency can indicate that the attacks are trying to undermine Finland's commitment at a time when speculations of dwindling Western support have been heard. These strikes aim to send a message to Russians, claiming they are effective and therefore recruiting new participants in the future.

Könönen says the NoName group is spread out and largely volunteer based. The group's actions are directed from a central server, from which participants get information on upcoming targets. In addition to Finland, targets are called daily in countries that support Ukraine.

We can already prepare for the attacks
When the HSL service was attacked last time in late 2022, the website's level of service was noticeably degraded for a few days. According to Könönen, we now know better how to prepare for these attacks and how to block them.

- If a website can't be immediately reached, or it runs a bit slower, the real effects are quite small. No information has actually been compromised.

The recent attacks are not intended to be data breaches, which would aim to steal companies' internal information, or to affect their internal mechanisms.

The operators of websites can block DDOS attacks by increasing server capacity, or by limiting access to the service based by IP addresses. Because this is a form of hybrid influencing, reporting on the attacks can also help serve the attackers' cause.

- It's common, but the effects are so minor that there really is no need for worry.

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

Here's some.

Original article: https://yle.fi/a/74-20054002
Journalist: Kari Ikävalko

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"Due to low effectiveness there's no need to be scared"

Clerical Terrors posted:

Wouldn't it make more sense to target government web services or IT infrastructure for disruption? I feel like websites that deal with things like traffic information probably already have contingencies in place to deal with spikes in traffic, DDoS mitigation isn't that hard to come by or unreasonable for them to have.

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

Here's some.

Original article: https://yle.fi/a/74-20054002
Journalist: Kari Ikävalko

RDM posted:

I am delighted to report to my FSB superiors that the operation was a great success. All the mcflurry machines in Helsinki are currently off-line.

3D Megadoodoo posted:

Only Russian tourists go to McDonalds when they have Hesburgers in Helsinki.

Disco Pope posted:

Oh no, I, can't tell what time my bus is in Helsinki! Guess I'll just take one of the dirt cheap frequent trams or trains I can also get on the same travel card!

3D Megadoodoo posted:

Only Russian tourists go to McDonalds when they have Hesburgers in Helsinki.

bunnyofdoom posted:

Ha. If they are doing this in other countries, like say Canada, they are poo poo out of luck. In our capital city our own incompetence has destroyed our transit system timing. And also our transit system. Take that Russia

3D Megadoodoo posted:

Only Russian tourists go to McDonalds when they have Hesburgers in Helsinki.

3D Megadoodoo posted:

Only Russian tourists go to McDonalds when they have Hesburgers in Helsinki.

NihilCredo posted:

That name is outdated, btw. It has since been merged into a subgroup of Hardee's - although some stakeholders think it should just be part of the broader burgerdiversity spectrum.

Clerical Terrors posted:

Wouldn't it make more sense to target government web services or IT infrastructure for disruption?

Toxic Mental posted:

Heshburger

weg posted:

bunnyofdoom posted:

Ha. If they are doing this in other countries, like say Canada, they are poo poo out of luck. In our capital city our own incompetence has destroyed our transit system timing. And also our transit system. Take that Russia

Alan Smithee posted:

What about Shesburger

Flyinglemur posted:

No Coke, Pepsi

Flyinglemur posted:

No Coke, Pepsi

Toxic Mental posted:

Heshburger

NihilCredo posted:

That name is outdated, btw. It has since been merged into a subgroup of Hardee's - although some stakeholders think it should just be part of the broader burgerdiversity spectrum.

Pine Cone Jones posted:

I'm sorry, all things in Finland are run by Moomins.

spankmeister posted:

I've seen Hesbuger in Estonia, I'm afraid it's made it across the Baltic.