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N.Korea Hacks Senior Defector's Smartphone
By Kim Myong-song | February 17, 2020 12:54
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North Korean hackers stole private data including phone numbers and text messages, from the phone of Thae Yong-ho, the former No. 2 in the North Korean Embassy in London who is running for a National Assembly seat here.
Moon Jong-hyun of cybersecurity firm ESTsecurity in Seoul told the Chosun Ilbo on Sunday, "A North Korean hacker group launched a spear-phishing attack on specific individuals or companies rather than many unspecified people or corporations by planting malware in their computers or smartphones."
"The group also hacked into the computers or phones of lawmakers' staff, journalists, North Korean defectors, and lawyers," he added.
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