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South Korea's military cyber command, set up to guard against hacking, appears to have been breached by North Korea, the military has said.
A spokesman told the BBC that classified information was thought to have been stolen, although it is not clear exactly what data was accessed.
The North has previously been accused of hacking into banks and media outlets but never the South's military. Pyongyang has in the past rejected allegations of cyber crime involvement.
"It seems the intranet server of the cyber command has been contaminated with malware. We found that some military documents, including confidential information, have been hacked," a military spokesman told South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
It is not clear whether low-grade documents or more important details like war plans were accessed.
The military said that the compromised section of its network was isolated once the attack was detected.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 07 2016, @09:13AM
Please remember that the Korea divide was engineered by the forces that were active right after WW2. The divide was made with bad intentions. They did not want a united Korea competing against American-controlled Japan.
Korea was divided for material gain. It is like the Berlin Wall [wikipedia.org].
So calling DPRK "enemy" means the same people (north and south) are enemies of each other just like East and West Germans were enemies of each other. Hint: they weren't. And North and South Koreans aren't either.
Everybody needs an enemy I suppose.
(Score: 2) by tibman on Wednesday December 07 2016, @02:59PM
Yes, the South is the Enemy of the North. The North randomly fires artillery on civilians in the South. They torpedoed the Cheonan. They mined the DMZ. They open dams with zero warning. There is a history of aggression from the North.
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday December 07 2016, @05:38PM
> There is a history of aggression from the North.
While the South is only populated with friendly ponies and unicorns happily spreading fairy dust on anything that doesn't sparkle or starve from arbitrary international sanctions.
(Score: 2) by tibman on Wednesday December 07 2016, @06:57PM
I can't tell if you are agreeing with me or not : P
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