North Korea hackers stole data from South Korea court computers: Police

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SEOUL: North Korean hackers stole sensitive data, including individuals' financial records, from a South Korean court computer network over two years, Seoul police said on Saturday (May 11).

Analysts say North Korea has stepped up cyberattacks in recent years to earn hard foreign currency in the face of United Nations sanctions imposed over its nuclear and missile programmes. SEOUL: North Korea n hackers stole sensitive data, including individuals' financial records, from a South Korea n court computer network over two years, Seoul police said on Saturday .

The hackers' malware transmitted stolen data, including South Koreans' marriage and personal debt records, to"four domestic and four overseas servers" before it was finally"detected by antivirus software", the national police said in a statement sent to AFP. Analysts say the North has stepped up cyberattacks in recent years in a bid to earn hard foreign currency in the face of United Nations sanctions imposed over its nuclear and missile programmes.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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