All posts tagged "hack"

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    [CNET] S. Korea’s government hit with 114,000 cyberattacks in 5 years

    South Korea may have the fastest Internet speed in the world, but it looks like the country needs to ramp up its security. South Korea’s government has been hit by more than 110,000 cyberattacks in the...

    • Posted September 21, 2015
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  • A woman opens Kakao Talk, a South Korean mobile messaging app with more than 60 million users, on her smartphone in Seoul, South Korea. A handful of smartphone apps that began as basic instant messaging services have amassed several hundred million users in Asia in just a couple of years, mounting a challenge to the popularity of online hangouts such as Facebook as they branch into games, e-commerce, celebrity news and other areas. (AP Photo/Hye Soo Nah)
    S. Korean spy agency sought to hack into KakaoTalk: leaked data

    By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s spy agency made inquiries to a foreign hacking firm last year to seek ways to penetrate the country’s most-popular mobile messenger KakaoTalk, leaked data suggested Monday. The...

    • Posted July 13, 2015
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  • Cars enter Sony Pictures Entertainment headquarters in Culver City, Calif. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. The FBI has confirmed it is investigating a recent hacking attack at Sony Pictures Entertainment, which caused major internal computer problems at the film studio last week. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    N. Korea’s Internet blackout confirmed as US retaliation to Sony hack: US lawmaker

    By Kim Hyo-jin North Korea’s Internet blackout was payback for its hacking of Sony Pictures, said a U.S. lawmaker in charge of overseeing cyber security at a Washington-based think tank event, Tuesday. According to U.S. media, Rep....

    • Posted March 18, 2015
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    N. Korea behind latest S. Korean nuke power plant data hack: investigators

    SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) — North Korea is believed to be linked to a series of recent leaks of data on South Korea’s nuclear power plants, investigators said Tuesday. In December, an unidentified hacker, claiming to be...

    • Posted March 17, 2015
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    Facebook account of N. Korean airline hacked by Islamist group

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The Facebook account of North Korea’s state-run airline was hacked Wednesday by what appeared to be the same Islamist group that has previously cyberattacked a Twitter account of the U.S. military. All of the...

    • Posted January 14, 2015
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  • Cars enter Sony Pictures Entertainment headquarters in Culver City, Calif. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. The FBI has confirmed it is investigating a recent hacking attack at Sony Pictures Entertainment, which caused major internal computer problems at the film studio last week. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    [TIME] New Research Blames Insiders, Not North Korea, for Sony Hack

        A leading cyber security firm says it has evidence that contradicts the government’s allegation that North Korea was behind the debilitating cyber attacks against Sony Pictures. Researchers from the firm Norse told Security...

    • Posted December 30, 2014
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  • Cars enter Sony Pictures Entertainment headquarters in Culver City, Calif. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. The FBI has confirmed it is investigating a recent hacking attack at Sony Pictures Entertainment, which caused major internal computer problems at the film studio last week. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    Who really hacked Sony?

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Everyone has a theory about who really hacked Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Despite President Barack Obama’s conclusion that North Korea was the culprit, the Internet’s newest game of whodunit continues. Top theories include...

    • Posted December 24, 2014
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