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News NIS: N.Korea hacked National Assembly computersPersonal computers connected to Assembly members compromised, hacking attempts elsewhere failed
Seoul’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) earlier this week said North Korea recently tried hacking computers in South Korean government organizations including the National Assembly, Ministry of Unification and the Blue House. Thus, documents from the annual parliamentary inspection were partially leaked to North Korea. In a closed-door session on Tuesday, Lee Chul-woo of the ruling Saenuri Party reported that personal computers in the National Assembly were hacked, whereas the North did not succeed in hacking other organizations. Some lawmakers’ PCs and the PCs of their aides were hacked, as were some e-mail accounts. However, the parliament said on Wednesday that © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |