http://news.theage.com.au/technology/skorean-pm-warns-of-hacking-threat-by-nkorea-china-20081015-50sb.html The Age October 15, 2008 South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-Soo on Tuesday warned his cabinet over attempts by Chinese and North Korean computer hackers to obtain state secrets, officials said. The National Intelligence Service (NIS), Seoul's main spy agency, said it had told Han that about 130,000 items of government information had been hacked over the past four years. "According to an NIS report, the leakage of national secrets by hacking which originates in North Korea and China is very serious," Han told a cabinet meeting in remarks confirmed by his office. He blamed "a loosening sense of security among public servants" who recklessly use data in personal computers or on the Internet. Government offices have decided to conduct a monthly security check on computer systems as part of countermeasures beginning this month. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Tue Oct 14 2008 - 22:23:16 PDT
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