Sputnik International By Sputnik International
North Korean hackers from the Kimsuky group tried to attack a South Korean company providing computer simulation services for joint South Korea-US exercises and attempted to carry out a cyberattack on military infrastructure, the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency said on Sunday.
“The security investigation department of the Gyeonggi Police Agency as a result of the investigation into the case of sending several malicious emails in February-March of this year ⊠found out that Kimsuky was behind this,” the police said in a statement.
The hackers first managed to enter malicious code via email into the computer of an administrative employee of the company in January, after which they obtained the data of other employees of the company, the statement read. Later, in February, the hacker group sent letters to employees providing computer simulation services for the Freedom Shield military exercises…
