Tags South Korea
Hackers steal data on 1,000 North Korean defectors, jeopardizing their safety
South Korean officials say the data was exposed as a result of a malware infection at a defector resettlement agency.
Hacking campaign on nuclear, defense sectors shares Lazarus Group tools, report says
“Operation Sharpshooter” has numerous technical links to the group of suspected North Korean government hackers blamed for the 2014 breach at Sony Pictures and other well-publicized attacks, according to McAfee researchers.
‘Tick’ espionage group is likely trying to hop air gaps, researchers say
New research shows that a cyber espionage group has targeted USB drives in a likely effort to infect “air gapped” systems cut off from the internet.
Bithumb, South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, loses $30 million to hackers
The theft totals over 35 billion South Korean won.
Diplomacy won’t stop North Korean hacking, South Korean officials say
Two top South Korean cybersecurity experts cautioned Thursday that their country is not prepared to stem the tide of North Korean hacking, regardless of two recent summits with Pyongyang that have taken place.
Chinese, Russian hacking groups spy on South Korea amid U.S.-North Korea peace talks
Ahead of the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore next week, a U.S. cybersecurity researcher says that Russian and Chinese hackers have scaled up activity against South Korean targets.
