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Seoul: Number of North Korean cyberattacks doubles Seoul: Number of North Korean cyberattacks doubles
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers that the number of North Korean cyberattacks has doubled over the past month. SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Friday that the number of North Korean cyberattacks on the South has doubled over the past month.
Lawmaker Joo Ho-young says the National Intelligence Service gave the assessment to a closed-door parliamentary committee meeting Friday. The National Intelligence Service told a parliamentary committee meeting that the North unsuccessfully tried to hack into the railway control system and computer networks of financial institutions in South Korea, according to the office of lawmaker Joo Ho-young who attended the private meeting.
Joo’s office cited the NIS as saying North Korea unsuccessfully attempted to hack into the railway control system and computer networks of financial institutions in South Korea. The NIS also accused North Korea of having tried to hack into the smartphones of 300 foreign affairs, security and military officials in South Korea between late February and early this month. According to the NIS, North Korea succeeded in hacking the phones of 40 of those 300 officials and stole their text and voice messages and phone logs, said an aide to Joo who requested anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to media publicly.
The NIS also accused North Korea of hacking into the smartphones of 40 foreign affairs and military officials in South Korea and stealing their text and voice messages. The NIS didn’t say whether the stolen messages include any sensitive information.
Seoul has accused Pyongyang of launching other similar cyberattacks in recent years. Pyongyang has denied the allegations.Seoul has accused Pyongyang of launching other similar cyberattacks in recent years. Pyongyang has denied the allegations.
Tensions have increased since the North’s nuclear test and rocket launch earlier this year and the introduction of further sanctions. Animosities between the rival Koreas have risen since North Korea’s nuclear test and long-range rocket launch earlier this year.
Furious over harsh new U.N. sanctions and the biggest-ever South Korea-U.S. military drills, North Korea has fired short-range missiles and artillery into the sea and vowed to expand its nuclear arsenal. On Friday, North Korea’s state media quoted leader Kim Jong Un as having issued an order to conduct more nuclear explosion tests.
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