Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-08-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: South Korea
Affected country: Korea (the Republic of)
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,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: North Korean hackers gain access to data of dozens of South Korean officials including diplomats and top security personnel. Emails and passwords of as many as 56 people are leaked.