N.Korea Denies Hacking Allegations

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/08/15/2011081500461.html

VOA News
Aug. 15, 2011

North Korea has denied allegations by South Korea that it engaged in a 
computer hacking scheme to steal millions of dollars from online gaming 
sites.

The North's official Korean Central News Agency said Sunday that the 
accusations are an unacceptable provocation meant to smear Pyongyang's 
image overseas.

South Korean police recently arrested five suspects they say were 
recruited to work in China alongside more than 30 hackers from North 
Korea. The hackers allegedly broke into gaming sites and stole gaming 
points worth around $6 million.

Police in Seoul said some of the money went to the North Korean 
government.

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