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Hackers steal data on 1,000 North Korean defectors in South
Source: Reuters
Hackers steal data on 1,000 North Korean defectors in South
Reuters in Seoul
Fri 28 Dec 2018 08.03 GMT Last modified on Fri 28 Dec 2018 08.53 GMT
The personal information of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected to South Korea has been leaked after unknown hackers gained access to a resettlement agency’s database, the South Korean unification ministry has said.
The ministry said it discovered last week the names, birth dates and addresses of 997 defectors had been stolen through a computer infected with malicious software at an agency called the Hana centre, in the southern city of Gumi.
“The malware was planted through emails sent by an internal address,” a ministry official told reporters on the condition of anonymity, referring to a Hana centre email account.
The Hana centre is among 25 institutes the ministry runs in the country to help about 32,000 defectors adjust to life in the richer, democratic South by providing jobs, medical and legal support.
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Reuters in Seoul
Fri 28 Dec 2018 08.03 GMT Last modified on Fri 28 Dec 2018 08.53 GMT
The personal information of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected to South Korea has been leaked after unknown hackers gained access to a resettlement agency’s database, the South Korean unification ministry has said.
The ministry said it discovered last week the names, birth dates and addresses of 997 defectors had been stolen through a computer infected with malicious software at an agency called the Hana centre, in the southern city of Gumi.
“The malware was planted through emails sent by an internal address,” a ministry official told reporters on the condition of anonymity, referring to a Hana centre email account.
The Hana centre is among 25 institutes the ministry runs in the country to help about 32,000 defectors adjust to life in the richer, democratic South by providing jobs, medical and legal support.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/28/hackers-steal-data-on-1000-north-korean-defectors-in-south
