North Korean hackers mimic e-commerce app to steal South Koreans’ data: NIS

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North Korean hackers mimic e-commerce app to steal South Koreans’ data: NIS

ROK spy agency says DPRK copied app used by over 20 million, highlighting its sophisticated imitation tactics

Shreyas Reddy October 26, 2023

North Korean hackers mimic e-commerce app to steal South Koreans’ data: NIS

Illustration of e-commerce shopping cart on a mobile phone

North Korean cybercriminals are attempting to steal South Koreans’ personal information by spoofing a widely used e-commerce app, Seoul’s intelligence agency announced Thursday.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a press release that it recently uncovered “circumstantial evidence” that an unnamed North Korean cybercrime organization tried to “manipulate and distribute” an e-commerce app used by more than 20 million South Koreans.

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Shreyas Reddy

Shreyas Reddy is a correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. He previously worked as a researcher at BBC Monitoring, where his work focused on news and key people and organizations from the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Follow him on Twitter.

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