Cybersecurity incident — 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)

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.