Hackers steal data on 1,000 North Korean defectors in South

Personal details leaked through malware-infected computer, says South Korea
 
December 28th 2018, By Reuters in Seoul
 
The personal information of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected to South Korea has been leaked after unknown hackers gained access to a resettlement agency’s database, the South Korean unification ministry has said.
 
The ministry said it discovered last week the names, birth dates and addresses of 997 defectors had been stolen through a computer infected with malicious software at an agency called the Hana centre, in the southern city of Gumi.
 
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