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.
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.
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