Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-03-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: Senior South Korean government officials
Affected country: Korea (the Republic of)
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: NGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
Description: The South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) claims that North Korea hacked the smartphones of senior South Korean government officials and stole call history, texts, and even voice calls.