Teenager who hacked online bookshops and cram school referred to youth court
A teenager who hacked online bookshops and a university entrance exam cram school, stole e-book decryption keys and lecture videos, and demanded money was referred to the juvenile division of the family court. The teenager was found to have obtained without authorisation decryption keys corresponding to more than 720,000 e-books and more than 1.43 million e-books from another bookshop, and to have distributed about 700 lecture videos.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Unauthorised acquisition of decryption keys for a total of more than 2.15 million e-books and distribution of about 700 lecture videos
- Cause / method
- Hacking of online bookshops and a university entrance exam cram school to steal decryption keys and lecture videos, followed by demands for money
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- It was reported that a teenager who hacked online bookshops and a university entrance exam cram school had been referred to the juvenile division of the family court.
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