North Korean hackers take over smartphones, PCs and KakaoTalk in South Korea
A North Korean hacking group carried out attacks that accessed and took control of smartphones, PCs and KakaoTalk accounts in South Korea. Damage was uncovered in which smartphone compromises also led to compromises of home PCs.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Compromise of smartphones, PCs and KakaoTalk of users in South Korea
- Cause / method
- Linked cyber-attacks by a North Korean hacking group
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- Damage in which the North Korean hacking group's smartphone compromises led to the takeover of home PCs and KakaoTalk was reported.
- The North Korean hacking group's linked takeover of smartphones, PCs and KakaoTalk in South Korea was reported.
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