North Korea's Andariel steals some 250 files including South Korean defence technology
North Korean hacking group Andariel stole some 250 files, including South Korean defence technology such as anti-aircraft weapons. It extorted bitcoin worth about 400 million won, and evidence emerged that bitcoin was transferred to North Korea.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- About 250 files including defence technology, and bitcoin worth about 400 million won
- Cause / method
- Hacking by North Korean hacking group Andariel
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataCrypto assets
- Check login and withdrawal history in your exchange app, and turn on withdrawal address whitelisting and withdrawal delays.
- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Centre ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- Andariel's theft of some 250 files including South Korean defence technology and extortion of bitcoin worth about 400 million won came to light.
- It emerged that the hacking was carried out from Ryugyong-dong in Pyongyang and that laser weapon technology was also stolen.
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