Ministry of Environment's official X account hacked; signs of source code leak
In the early hours of 28 December 2024, two posts boasting of a hack appeared on the official X account of South Korea's Ministry of Environment. The posts were deleted and the account was restored to normal the same day. On 2 January 2025, signs of a source code leak also came to light.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Ministry of Environment
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- 2024-12-28
- Scale of damage
- Two posts boasting of a hack published on official X account
- Cause / method
- Hacking of official X account
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- In the early hours, two posts boasting of a hack appeared on the official X account; they were later deleted and the account was restored to normal.
- Signs of a Ministry of Environment source code leak came to light.
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