http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200512/200512280025.html Dec. 28, 2005 The website of the Jeonbuk Mutual Savings Bank based in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, was reportedly attacked by Chinese hackers, marking the first domestic hacking incident of a bank involving Chinese cyber criminals. Customers who log onto the website are likely to fall victim to the hackers by having their cyber money or internet game items stolen or experiencing a slow down in internet speeds, among other possible damage. The bank said it hurriedly deleted the Trojan horse programs, that can steal user IDs and passwords, exposed on specific online game sites linked to from its homepage and is now tracing the source of the program. Trojan Horses are a type of hacking program that takes advantage of programs with vulnerable Internet security. The programs allow hackers to steal specific personal information, mainly game IDs and passwords of users. A bank official said there would be no critical damage due to the exposure of personal information, as that server merely introduces banking services, without actually offering Internet banking services. _________________________________________ Earn your Master's degree in Information Security ONLINE www.msia.norwich.edu/csi Study IA management practices and the latest infosec issues. Norwich University is an NSA Center of Excellence.
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