Lawmaker claims N. Korean hackers breached nuclear power agency in S. Korea

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North Korean hackers broke into South Korea’s research-oriented institute for nuclear power last month, claimed Rep. Ha Tae-kyung of the main opposition People Power Party, a member of the Intelligence Committee of the National Assembly, during a press conference held on Friday.

The lawmaker said 13 unauthorized external IPs accessed the internal network of Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute on May 14 and some of the IPs were found linked to North Korea’s hacking group Kimsuky, citing data analysis done by Seoul-based IssueMakersLab, an expert group of malware analysts. Kimsuky has a track record of singling out key public entities and private companies in South Korea and elsewhere, including AstraZeneca and Celltrion last year.

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