Hacking attempts made on 30 computers of defense acquisition agency

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By Kwan-Seok Jang
The Dong-A Ilbo
January. 15, 2019

It has been turned out that 30 computers installed on the internal system of the
Defense Acquisition Program Administration, in charge of arms procurement such
as next-generation fighter jets, have come under simultaneous virtual attacks
and 10 out of them saw internal data leaked. As cyberattacks have continued on
major Korean foreign affairs facilities including the Korean presidential office
Cheong Wa Dae, the National Assembly and the Defense Acquisition Program
Administration, concerns are ever increasing regarding the government’s cyber
security capabilities.

The National Intelligence Service reported to the arms procurement agency on
suspicious traffic on its IP server on Oct. 26 last year, according to reports
released by Rep. Lee Jong-myung, a Liberty Korea Party member at the National
Defense Committee, on Monday. It has been investigated that hacking attempts
were made on 30 computers, 10 of which were compromised. Hackers may have been
aware that data on the agency’s computers are kept encrypted and stored for 30
days, according to reports. The first attack was carried out on Oct. 4, which
almost coincides with a virtual assault on Liberty Korea Party Rep. Baek
Seung-joo’s email account. Given this, there is a possibility that a certain
hacking group penetrated into systems of Korea’s major facilities
simultaneously. The arms procurement agency concluded last November that
internal investigations turned out that not any confidential data was
compromised.

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