A group of Kim Jong-un regime hackers attempted to access the computers linked to the joint US-South Korean military exercises, which begin this Monday. His goal was get security information about these maneuvers, but they were unable to access classified information, as reported by the agency Bloomberg citing the South Korean Police.
According to Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Policesince April last year, hackers had been sending malicious emails to different employees of one of the companies participating in the drills.
In January of this year, North Korean hackers managed to get hold of the account of one of these workers and installed a code for their control. Nevertheless, there is no indication that sensitive material was obtained of any kind in this way.
Although repeated attempts to obtain data from the military operations have failed, some of the hacked computers have been affected.
The south korean police argues that this case is related to the North Korean hacker group Kimsukywhich has used similar techniques in its attacks before.
In addition, as denounced by the US Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agencythe activities of the Kimsuky group focus on issues of foreign policy and national security that are related to the Korean peninsula.
The Police and the authorities of both countries have been investigating a series of emails from a sender who impersonated the us army and that they were targeting South Korean employees of the US Armed Forces in South Korea, before the joint military exercises, according to the police statement.
For its part, North Korea has for decades denounced joint drills as a invasion preparationand in recent years the regime of kim jong un It has intensified its provocations coinciding with the maneuvers. Along these lines, for years, your army of hackers has been conducting cyber raids to help you get financing for your weapons programs and phishing campaignsin search of information that could be useful to Pyongyang.
joint maneuvers Ulchi Freedom Shield, The 11-day duration “are designed to be more realistic and to strengthen the alliance’s combined defense posture and response capabilities based on scenarios that reflect various threats within the security environment and lessons learned from recent wars and conflicts. ”, explained a week ago the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) in a statement.
These drills will take place days after the trilateral meeting of the leaders of USA, South Korea and Japan at Camp David, where they agreed to new measures to defend themselves against nuclear threats and missiles from North Korea. Among them, the exchange of information in real time on missile launches and the intensification of joint military maneuvers between the three countries.
(With information from Europa Press)
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