South Korean authorities are investigating a possible North Korean cyberattack that compromised the email accounts of over 100 South Koreans, including senior defense officials. 

The Ministry of National Defense has formed a task force to investigate the breach of senior military officials’ commercial email accounts, a spokesperson said during a briefing on Tuesday.

Local media have reported that the ROK national police’s Security Investigation Bureau is looking into the intrusions affecting some 100 individuals, including a vice minister and high-ranking generals, and the defense ministry stated that the campaign appears to have targeted an even larger group.

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