Military Issues Warning on Chinese Hackers – Jung Sung-ki

From The Korea Times:

The South Korean military has issued a warning that computer systems of soldiers and defense institutes have become the victims of presumed Chinese hacking activities, a military source said Tuesday.

The source said hackers, believed to be Chinese nationals, penetrated computers of soldiers by sending e-mail involving hacking programs falsely titled “the situation on North Korea’s arms power.”

“We are now investigating several cyber hacking cases believed to be conducted by Chinese nationals based on evidence that the hackers stole information stored in soldiers’ computers,” the source said, asking not to be named. [Full Text]

Read also Alert Issued for Chinese Cyberattacks from The Chosun Ilbo.

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