首尔，10月23日电——美国网络监测公司Kentik的分析显示，一次网络攻击很可能导致朝鲜本周出现间歇性互联网中断，使这个封闭国家的多个官方网站瘫痪。
SEOUL, Oct 23 - A cyberattack likely caused intermittent internet outages in North Korea that took down several of the reclusive country's state-managed websites this week, analysis by US network monitoring company Kentik found.
Kentik互联网分析总监Doug Madory周五对路透社表示，朝鲜互联网经历了多波来自越南、菲律宾等地的流量，与此同时，多个朝鲜网站在从周二开始的32小时内出现中断。
North Korea's internet experienced multiple waves of traffic from places such as Vietnam and the Philippines, at the same time as several North Korean websites began experiencing outages over a 32-hour period that began on Tuesday, Doug Madory, Kentik's director of internet analysis, told Reuters on Friday.
“这些流量同时开始，且来自越南和委内瑞拉。这绝对是一次DDoS（分布式拒绝服务）攻击，”他说。
"This traffic all started at the same time and it is coming from Vietnam and Venezuela. That's definitely a DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service ) attack," he said.
Madory表示，Kentik的数据显示，流量急剧飙升始于周二当地时间上午11点左右（格林威治标准时间0201）。不过，数据并未显示肇事者是谁，Kentik也只分析了针对朝鲜的部分流量。
Kentik's data showed that the sharp spikes in traffic began at around 11 a.m. local time (0201 GMT) on Tuesday. However, the data does not indicate who the perpetrators are and Kentik only analysed a portion of the traffic directed at North Korea, Madory said.
据韩国媒体报道，此次中断波及使用朝鲜.kp域名的40多个官方网站，包括外务省和朝中社（KCNA）的网站。
The outages hit more than 40 official sites using the country's .kp domain, including those of the foreign ministry and state news agency KCNA, according to South Korean media.
韩国媒体还引述安全专家称，朝鲜不稳定的电力供应也可能是原因之一。此次中断似乎与本周晚些时候因PHP编程语言漏洞披露引发的全球互联网问题无关。
South Korean media had also cited security experts as saying that North Korea's unstable power supplies could have been a cause. The outage appeared unrelated to global internet issues stemming from the disclosure of vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language later in the week.
朝鲜严格管控的互联网网络以前也曾瘫痪。2014年底，在索尼影业一部关于虚构刺杀朝鲜领导人金正恩的喜剧片引发争议后，朝鲜经历了长达数小时的完全互联网中断。
North Korea's tightly controlled internet network has been paralysed before. In late 2014, following controversies over a Sony Pictures comedy about a fictional assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea experienced an hours-long complete internet outage.