Report: South Korean TV Networks, Banks Targeted by North Korean Hackers
Three South Korean television networks and two major banks were recently hacked prompting the country’s Army to raise its alert level, according to a Reuters article. An investigation into the attacks on TV networks YTN, MBC and KBS and the Shinhan and NongJyup banks is still underway. “We are now assessing the situation. This incident [...]
North Korea is expanding its force of future cyber warriors, and is even sending young hacker prodigies abroad to enhance their skills, according to a representative from a group of North Korean defectors, Korea Joongang Daily reports. Kim Heung-kwang of the North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity said yesterday North Korea has upped its number of cyber [...]
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South Korea plans to ramp up cybersecurity within the government to counter cyber attacks from its northern neighbor, AFP reports. Forty-five officials at 23 government agencies will be tapped to lead computer security and emergency planning in an effort to protect against continuous web-based attacks, a home affairs ministry official told AFP. South Korean prosecutors [...]
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North Korean hackers were behind last month’s cyber attack that brought down the network of a South Korean bank, according to prosecutors in Seoul. Reuters reported the April 12 take down of South Korea’s agricultural banking cooperative Nonghyup’s computer system impacted millions of customers who could not use the bank’s credit cards and ATMs for [...]
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Hackers have attacked North Korea’s official YouTube and Twitter accounts, posting an animation showing Kim Jong-il’s son and rumored heir driving a sports car into a crowd of starving countrymen, according to media reports. Reuters Africa reports the cyber attack occurred Saturday, which is believed to be Kim Jong-un’s birthday, and called for a revolution [...]
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Hackers in China have stolen secrets on South Korea‘s defense and foreign affairs by using fake emails claiming to come from Seoul officials and diplomats, a spokesman for the South Korean National Intelligence Service told AFP. Hackers sent emails purporting to be from South Korean diplomats, presidential aides and other people familiar to Seoul officials. [...]
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It would take only two years and around $100 million to develop an unstoppable cyber army, according to a former NSA official. Charlie Miller, who currently serves as a researcher with Independent Security Evaluators, demonstrated a plan to develop a cyber army at the DefCon meeting in Las Vegas. Miller said he was asked by [...]
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