Category: South Korea
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South Korean Police Accidentally Post Cryptocurrency Wallet Password
South Korean Police Accidentally Post Cryptocurrency Wallet Password An expensive mistake: Someone jumped at the opportunity to steal $4.4 million in crypto assets after South Korea’s National Tax Service exposed publicly the mnemonic recovery phrase of a seized cryptocurrency wallet. The funds were stored in a Ledger cold wallet seized in law enforcement raids at…
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“Pay up or we share the tapes”: Hackers target massage parlour clients in blackmail scheme
“Pay up or we share the tapes”: Hackers target massage parlour clients in blackmail scheme South Korean police have uncovered a hacking operation that stole sensitive data from massage parlours and blackmailed their male clientele. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley
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Alleged mastermind behind K-Pop celebrity stock heist extradited to South Korea
Alleged mastermind behind K-Pop celebrity stock heist extradited to South Korea A suspected hacker, believed to be the mastermind behind an organised campaign of attacks that stole millions of dollars worth of stocks from celebrities, including BTS singer Jung Kook, has been extradited to South Korea. Read more in my article on the Hot for…
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Hackers access sensitive SIM card data at South Korea’s largest telecoms company
Hackers access sensitive SIM card data at South Korea’s largest telecoms company Mobile network operator SK Telecom, which serves approximately 34 million subscribers in South Korea, has confirmed that it suffered a cyber attack earlier this month that saw malware infiltrate its internal systems, and access data related to customers’ SIM cards. Read more in…
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Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier
Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier Two men have been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting dozens of companies that used the cloud data storage company Snowflake, but a third suspect — a prolific hacker known as Kiberphant0m — remains at large and continues to publicly extort victims. However, this…