Cyber Attack in South Korea by the North Heightened Security Alert

Seoul: North Korea’s malicious and unlawful activities reached at a new height as they hacked more than 140,000 computers at South Korean conglomerates and government agencies. Reports are that North Korea had also inserted wicked codes and passwords that are assumed to have been planted for a massive cyber attack in South Korea.

On Monday, according to a recent development of the cyber attack that has been ‘thwarted,’ it was said that the hacking was originated from the North Korean capital Pyongyang and targeted a software used by more than 160 companies and government agencies to manage their computer networks.

The South Korean police asserted that, ‘the internet address was identical to the one used in a 2013 cyber attack against South Korean banks and broadcasters that froze their computer systems for more than a week.’ Police also said that the South Korean authority had allegedly blamed the North for this attack. The nation has been on ‘heightened alert’ due to the cyber attacks by North Korea. However, the north had denied any wrongdoing from their end.

The South Korean authority stated that their spy agency had predicted a mass cyber crime in the country in March. The report then asserted that the north has worked for years to intercept in the system that controls telecommunications and other similar services.