Coverage of cybersecurity incidents, policy, privacy, public services, advisories, and regional developments connected to South Korea.
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South Korea covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to South Korea, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
For practitioners, the tag provides geographic context for developments involving South Korea's organizations, services, partners, and users. Individual articles provide the specific technologies, threats, sectors, and operational implications relevant to each development.
The North Korean threat actor known as Kimsuky has been observed targeting research institutes in South Korea as part of a spear-phishing campaign with the ultimate goal of distributing backdoors on compromised systems
Andariel Group Rented Server to Steal 1.2TB of Data, Extort $357,000 in RansomsSeoul police have accused the North Korean hacker group Andariel of stealing sensitive defense secrets from South Korean defense companies and laundering ransomware proceeds back to North Korea. The hackers stole 1.2TB of data, including information on advanced anti-aircraft weapons.
40-year-old was extradited from South Korea