SEOUL - North Korea, usually blamed for hacking others, has accused the United States of staging cyber attacks against its Internet servers after reports of disruptions to its main news services, the latest twist from an increasingly bellicose North.
Russia's Itar-Tass news agency said a "powerful hacker attack" from abroad had brought down Internet servers inside the North, disabling access to some websites.
The accusation comes at a time of increased tension between reclusive North Korea and South Korea, along with the South's ally the United States.
The North has threatened a nuclear war with the United States in response to new United Nations sanctions over its latest nuclear test and to strike back at the South and the United States during military drills they are staging.
