South Korea Cyber Attack

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  Winter Olympics: Games Organisers Confirm Cyber-Attack, Won't Reveal Source

  Winter Olympics stakeholders have been wary of the threat from hacking and some sponsors have taken out insurance to protect themselves from a cyber-attack.

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  "Events Not Disrupted," Says South Korea On Cyber Shutdown During Olympics; Probe On

  South Korea on Saturday investigated a mysterious internet shutdown during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, which follows warnings of possible cyberattacks during the Pyeongchang Games.

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  South Korea Says North Korea Hacked Government E-Mails

  Seoul prosecutors accused North Korea of hacking into the email accounts of dozens of South Korean government officials this year, the latest in the series of suspected cyber attacks by Pyongyang.

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  Keyboard Warriors: South Korea Trains New Frontline in Decades-Old War With North

  North and South Korea remain in a technical state of war since the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armed truce.

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  North Korea Mounts Long-Running Hack Of South Korea Computers, Says Seoul

  North Korea hacked into more than 140,000 computers at 160 South Korean firms and government agencies, planting malicious code under a long-term plan laying groundwork for a massive cyber attack against its rival, police in the South said on Monday.

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  North Korea Denies Cyber-Attacks on South Korea Officials

  It accused the South of making the cyber-attack claim in order to justify a controversial new "anti-terrorism" law.

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  North Korea Slams Seoul's Cyber Attack Accusations

  North Korea today blasted Seoul's accusation that Pyongyang had launched a series of cyber attacks targeting South Korean government officials, calling the allegation a "bullshit" fabrication.

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  South Korea Says North Korea Tried to Hack Its Railway System

  South Korea had previously blamed the North for cyber-attacks against its nuclear power operator.

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  South Korea Says Suspects North Korea may Have Attempted Cyber Attacks

  South Korea said today it suspected North Korea of attempting cyber attacks against targets in the South, following a nuclear test by the North this month that defied United Nations sanctions.

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  US, South Korea Defence Chiefs Warn North Korea Over Provocations

  US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter and his South Korean counterpart vowed zero tolerance today in the face of any North Korean provocations and agreed to strengthen combined defences against the myriad threats posed by Pyongyang.

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  North Korea Suspected of Hacking Seoul Subway Operator

  North Korea is suspected of having launched a cyber attack last year on the South Korean capital's subway system that carries millions of commuters every day, a Seoul lawmaker said today, citing intelligence reports.

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  South Korea Creates Cyber-Security Post to Counter North's Threat

  The post will provide a "control tower" for efforts to counter North Korean hackers, presidential spokesman Min Kyung-Wook said.

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  Japan Sees 25 billion Cyber Attacks in 2014: Agency

  More than 25 billion cyberattacks on the Japanese government and other bodies were logged in 2014, an agency said today, with 40 per cent of them traced to China.

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  'The Interview' Fallout No Barrier to Nuke Talks: South Korea

  A senior South Korean envoy said today that the door was open to restarting talks with Pyongyang on its nuclear programme, despite US sanctions following a cyber attack linked to North Korea satire "The Interview".

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  South Korea Extends Cyber-Attack Emergency System for Nuclear Plants

  Emergency teams will be on stand-by to the end of this year in case of any cyber-attacks on nuclear plants as threatened by a hacker.