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>> but wouldn't they want the credit for it by now? north korea is getting the credit now. >> at this juncture, it could just be internal bragging rights. for the hacking community, it can be fun. it's also effective corporate espionage and it could be a for-profit hacking event executed by the nigerians, eastern european, in some cases, in south america as well. >> thank you, anthony and evan, for your perspective this morning and hopefully in 2015 we'll get some of these mysteries solved. well, one of the year's biggest political stories impact your vacation plans for next year? we'll have...

On end, it's probably a 15-year-old in jersey wearing guy fawkes mask. that's what most of the hacking community believes. >> how's the service tonight? >> reporter: the service is actually the way it was yesterday. there was a complete failure overnight. it was as if north korea was completely wiped off the internet map and throughout the day, we've seen a lot of trouble trying to get on to the state's web sites. they're failing at times. certainly looks like they're struggling to come back online. the interesting thing, wolf, if you watch north korean television today, it's broadcasting some...

Websites coming up and down. so who did it? we just don't know. is it the united states? because the president did as you mention say there was going to be some sort of response. we spoken to number of people in the hacking community, as well as cyberintelligence, they all roundly say -- they don't think so. this looks like the work of some rogue hackers, because the internet would not be struggling to come up and then come back down. ailsen? >> interesting. quite a mystery, kyung law, thank you for that. new york mayor bill de blasio. pleading with protesters to stop demonstrating following...

But we're also seeing counterattacks from south korea's military as well as a very robust south korean hacking community. >> interesting. appreciate the reporting from seoul. as we have been reporting, north korea's nuclear power in a limited sense, they have tested nuclear devices as you know but probably not done what it takes to shrink them to warhead size and mount them on a missile. they are however making threatening noises, threatening moves. with a reality check on korea's military capabilities, tom foreman and retired general james "spider" marks. >> despite all the global implication...

That's meant in lighthearted manner. this comes from a hacker group, a hacker group from the umbrella of anonymous, and it's a picture of kim jong-un dressed as a pig with mickey mouse tattoo. this is symbolic of the war that is happening in cyberspace. it has been raging, it has been ticking up, north korea trying to attack south korean banks, the south korean government via cyberspace. but we're also seeing counterattacks from south korea's military as well as a very robust south korean hacking community. >> interesting. appreciate the reporting from seoul. as we have been reporting, north k...