http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140822000949
By koreaherald.com
2014-08-22
Unidentified hackers, suspected to be based in China, have been caught
trying to steal data from media reporters covering South Korea's Ministry
of National Defense, ministry officials said Friday.
"We've confirmed that a handful of reporters covering the ministry have
received an e-mail which carries the malicious code this week," a ministry
official said, explaining that once the email is opened, it automatically
imbeds the virus code into the computer.
"The code embedded into the computer is meant to steal information in the
receiver's computer automatically. A notebook by one of the reporters was
infected with the virus," he said, noting that it is "yet to be known if
any leakage took place."
While investigation into the incident is under way, ministry officials
said retracing the IP of the code revealed that the hacker, or hackers,
had used a server from Liaoning, China, referring to an Internet Protocol
address, the online equivalent of a street address or a phone number.
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