A recent leak of North Korea’s websites has caused all 28 of the secretive state’s government run websites to stop functioning.

The websites, each of which ends in the countries .kp address, cover a range of topics from recipes and North Korean film to social networks.

The websites crash has been caused after a GitHub website user uploaded the address of each of the countries websites.

The network seemed to struggle with the unexpectedly high amount of traffic after the leak, which has caused the sites to be down ever since.

While most of the websites were known before the leak, the GitHub user was able to take advantage of a mistake that allowed curious users to find all websites that use the .kp ending and as such, all of North Korea’s websites.

To put this into context Germany has sixteen million websites that end in .de while even the computer game Grand Theft Auto Five outdoes North Korea with a total of 83 websites available to view on the game’s internet.

Of course, due to the secretive nature of the communist state, use of the real internet in North Korea is incredibly rare.

Most people in the country with internet access can only use sites on the Kwangmyong intranet. This is a closed off intranet that allows access to government approved sites that likely numbers in the thousands.

The sites that were leaked by the GitHub user are therefore most likely to be a type of propaganda for the North Korean government.

If the sites ever get back online, here a few of the highlights:

http://cooks.org.kp : Ever wanted to find out what North Korean cuisine is like? This website has a range of recipes that will allow you to try your hand at North Korean food in your own home.

http://korfilm.com.kp: Find out what is hot in the world of film! This is the website for North Korean films and the Pyeongyang International film festival.

http://naenara.com.jp : This is the official government website. Check it out for the latest news and tourism details.

http://sdprk.org.kr : A website dedicated to North Korean sport. The country has a surprising number of good athletes so this could be worth a look.

Website leak crashes all of North Korea’s websites

A recent survey has discovered that two out of three millennials use ad blocker software when browsing the internet on their desktop or 

Ad Blocker software brings benefits such as blocking intrusive adverts on web pages, stopping videos cutting to adverts and reducing popups

Ad blockers are available as an add-on on most browsers and are often a completely free piece of software.

 report asked 2,700 US based young people aged 18 to 24 about their web habits.

The results contrast sharply with the rest of the population, where only 15% of people in the US use ad blocker software. The report, therefore, suggested that ad blocking has become an ‘established social norm’ among young millennials.

When asked why they used ad blockers, the main reason given was to improve their user experience when online.

43% of those surveyed said they used an ad blocker to avoid intrusive ads and 21% said they wanted to speed up their browsing. On the other hand, only 17% said they used ad blockers to protect their online privacy.

Specifically, the survey found that millennials really hated video advertisements, such as those played before and during 

Of course, while it seems like using an ad blocker is a harmless pursuit, it does pose a challenge to many blogs and websites who rely on adverts to keep themselves afloat.

UK phone network Three was banned from providing a network-wide ad blocking service

. This service would have automatically blocked adverts from appearing on sites accessed by users of Three’s network.

With the continued refusal of many web users to pay for online material, websites often rely on adverts to keep themselves going.

The results of this survey and the seeming acceptance of ad blocking software will certainly be worrying for these websites.