North Korea hackers stole data from South Korea court computers: police


The hackers’ malware transmitted stolen data, including South Koreans’ marriage and personal debt records. - PHOTO: ST FILE

SEOUL (AFP): North Korean hackers stole sensitive data, including individuals' financial records, from a South Korean court computer network over two years, Seoul police said Saturday.

The nuclear-armed North is known to operate an army of thousands of hackers operating both inside the largely isolated country and apparently overseas, and has been blamed for several major cyberattacks in the past.

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