North Korean Hackers Target US Ally

One or more hacking groups linked to North Korea has breached the personal emails of more than 100 people in the South, including the accounts of senior defense officials, according to local reports.Officials with South Korea's police and the Defense Ministry, which are now conducting a joint investigation, have acknowledged the cyberattack but have so far not publicized the precise number of victims.

Inter-Korean relations remain at a low point amid Kim's repeated missile tests and as South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol leans into his country's decadeslong treaty alliance with the United States.Earlier this month, Seoul raised the terror alert levels at five overseas missions, citing intelligence pointing to possible attacks on South Korean diplomats by North Korea actors.The North Korean Embassy in Beijing did not immediately return a written request for comment.

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