Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-11-09 00:00:00
Affected organization: North Korean Radio station on 6400kHz
Affected country: Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A North Korean radio station is reportedly hijacked by an unknown hacker to play the 1980's hit song "The Final Countdown". The short-wave radio station, 6400kHz is known to be used by Pyongyang to transmit secret codes.