Spyware from North Korea Targets South Army
Spyware from North Korea Targets South Army
September 2008 North Korea has tried to hack into the computers of South Korean army officers, officials said, one week after disclosing an espionage case involving a woman posing as a defector. An email sent to "many" officers contained a hacking program designed automatically to steal stored files if the recipient opens it, a South Korean defence ministry spokesman said. A colonel was among those who have received the email virus since June. The ministry said no classified information had been leaked. "It is impossible for hackers to break into the computer system of our military which operates a separate intra network," a spokesman told AFP. But the North's cyber attack prompted the army to update its anti-hacking software and officers had been asked not to store sensitive data on their personal computers, he said. ..The Age
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