SEOUL – South Korean mobile phone users could be the next target of a North Korean cyber attack, a former North Korean computer science professor told Seoul-based website Daily NK.

“I was told personally that the North Korean hackers active in China plan to ‘attack South Korean mobile users’ next […] in truth we are totally defenseless on mobile security,” Kim Heung Gwang was reported as saying.

“Even if the user is not using their camera phone, hackers can make it work and get information out of that. Taking personal information is a piece of cake for them.”

South Korea