Hacker hits Korean defence
A hacker has broken into computers at sensitive South Korean research institutes and government agencies. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said the hacker had broken into computers at the Agency for Defence Development, which develops weapons, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, the Korea Institute for Defence Analysis and three other government agencies. "NCSC recently found some PCs at state agencies have been contaminated by a variation of Peep trojan hacking program and taken emergency measures," the agency said in a statement. A total of 64 PCs were affected. The government agencies included the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, the maritime police agency and the agency for small and mid-sized firms. The cyber security centre, in cooperation with the defence ministry, National Police Agency and the information ministry, blocked the hacker's posting site to prevent sensitive data being stolen.
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