South Korean subway system hacked, North Korea a possible culprit
South Korean subway system hacked, North Korea a possible culprit
Image Source: ReutersThe Subway system at the heart of Seoul, North Korea was hacked in 2014 and a local lawmaker claims that the culprit was North Korea.
Ha Tae-keung,
a lawmaker from the Saenuri Party revealed that the breach took place
between March and August last year in which hackers were able to access
213 computers at Seoul Metro. Out of which, 58 PCs were under the
control of hackers due to a malicious code.
Ha Tae-keung was quoting the report from South Korea‘s
National Intelligence Service which concluded that the hackers also
stole 12 work related documents. However, most were HR and internal
planning related and not of a sensitive nature.
Seoul
Metro also stressed that the hacking did not affect subway safety as
the central control system is run separately in an enclosed network
server.
The NIS also stated that it could not find the source of the cyber attack due to lack of logs.
In
order to secure their servers, South Korea set about formatting all its
computers connected with the metro system, according to CNN.
This is not the first time South Korea has had its high-profile infrastructure hacked. In the past, the country’s nuclear plants were hacked and North Korea was blamed.