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Hack on North Korea peace forum exposes participants’ personal information

Unclear who is behind data breach from Korea Global Forum for Peace, which high-profile officials attended last week

A South Korean forum focused on North Korea issues has suffered a data breach, according to the event’s organizers, potentially exposing many in the DPRK watcher community to follow-up attacks.

The Korea Global Forum for Peace (KGFP), hosted by South Korea’s unification ministry from Aug. 30 to Sept. 1, admitted to the breach late Saturday, saying that a high-level email account was compromised and that the names, affiliations and contact information of event participants were leaked. 

“After recognizing the leak, the corresponding mail account was checked immediately, and mail security measures were taken,” the organization said in a notice emailed