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Hackers hit South Korea also spread spyware to steal military secrets

Mc Afee Lab experts revealed that hackers behind large scale cyberattacks against South Korea also designed malware to steal military secrets. Security experts at McAfee Labs revealed that the malware used during the attacks was expressly designed to find and steal secret information on US forces involved in joint exercises in South Korea. Researchers highlighted that there are various clues in the malicious code which lead to the North Korea, for example the password used to unlock encrypted files contains the number 38 probably linked to 38th parallel that separates the North from South Korea.”]

Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/16014/hacking/hackers-hit-south-korea-spyware-steal-military-secrets.html

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