N. Korea behind nuke power plant data leakage: investigators

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/full/2015/03/17/15/1200000000AEN20150317005500315F.html

Yonhap News Agency
2015/03/17

SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is believed to be linked to a 
series of recent data leaks from South Korea's nuclear power plants, 
investigators said Tuesday.

Late last year, an unidentified hacker posted blueprints of nuclear power 
plants and threatened to destroy the facilities while demanding they be 
shutdown. Last week, the hacker posted more files on Twitter that included 
documents concerning the country's indigenous advanced power reactor 1400, 
while demanding money.

Announcing the interim results of its probe into the high-profile case, a 
special investigation team said the series of incidents "is believed to 
have been caused by an (unidentified) group of North Korean hackers who 
"aimed at causing social unrest and agitating the people."

Pointing out that the compromised data "are far from critical," the 
investigators said the hackers stole it through hacking e-mails and online 
communities former and current officials of the Korea Hydro and Nuclear 
Power Co. (KHNP) have used instead of directly infiltrating the operator's 
network.

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