3 gambling operators indicted for buying NK hacking software

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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/09/116_164369.html

By Lee Kyung-min
The Korea Times
2014-09-10

Three men were indicted for buying hacking programs from North Korean 
agents to use for online gambling, prosecutors said Wednesday. .

The programs were allegedly used for the North's cyber attack against 
Korean firms and government agencies last year.

The three told investigators that they were planning to sell the software 
to an online betting site operator, who wanted to use it to cheat 
gamblers.

They first came into contact with the Shenyang-based North Korean hackers 
in April 2011, and paid them 14 million won ($13,658).

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