Teenager who hacked online bookstores and cram school referred to juvenile court
A teenager who hacked online bookstores and a college-prep academy, stole e-book decryption keys and lecture videos, and demanded money was referred to the juvenile division of the family court. The teen was found to have obtained without authorization decryption keys corresponding to more than 720,000 e-books and more than 1.43 million e-books from another bookstore, and to have distributed about 700 lecture videos.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Unauthorized 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 bookstores and a college-prep academy 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 bookstores and a college-prep academy had been referred to the juvenile division of the family court.
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