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Korea Defense Intelligence Command overseas agents' identities and secrets leaked

First reported · Last reported · 13 related reports

In July 2024, it emerged that information on agents targeting North Korea had been leaked from the Korea Defense Intelligence Command's internal network via a military civilian employee's personal laptop. The leaked material included the identities of overseas agents and Level 2 and 3 classified information, and the civilian employee was suspected of leaking files to an ethnic Korean Chinese national. The command said the leak was not caused by hacking and recalled its dispatched personnel. The civilian employee was arrested.

Key facts

Affected organization
Korea Defense Intelligence Command (KDIC)
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Identities of agents targeting North Korea and overseas, and Level 2 and 3 classified information
Cause / method
Leak of classified information via a military civilian employee's personal laptop
Location
South Korea

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Timeline

  1. It emerged that information on agents targeting North Korea had been leaked from the command's internal network via a military civilian employee's personal laptop.
  2. Military prosecutors sought an arrest warrant for the civilian employee suspected of leaking agent information.
  3. A military court issued an arrest warrant for the civilian employee.
  4. The command said the leak was not caused by hacking and announced that its dispatched personnel had been recalled.

13 related reports

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