South Korea Detects Suspected North Korea Hacking Attempt.

 

South Korean defense ministry has accused North Korea of breaking into its military servers. Defense Ministery official told AFP that an infected notebook belonging to a defense Ministery journalist was used last Thursday to break into its military network but attack was detected before it could gain access to confidential military data resources. 
 This is the second time Seoul blamed North Korea for attacking its online assets. On March 20 last year, Seoul had also accused North Korea of breaching its military, civil and financial institutions. 
 Defense Ministry Spokesman told AFP that in recent years, hackers had used malware deployments and virus-carrying emails for cyber attacks on South Korean military institutions, commercial banks, government agencies, TV broadcasters and media websites.
 North Korea is believe to have a well organized and fully equipped elite cyber force consisting if 3000 personal. However, North Korean deny such allegations calling them fabricated reports to increase the tensions between two countries.