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Hackers Attack 92,000 Korean Computers

Via chosun.com.

Some 1,000 Korean Internet sites were attacked, leaving 92,000 Korean computers infected with a malicious computer program, the Korea Information Security Agency (KISA) announced Thursday. The KISA said that it took emergency measures against a malicious computer program that steals the personal information of Korean gamers. The agency told 1,000 Internet sites that they had fallen victim to large-scale computer break-ins and advised them to delete the program.

Hackers aimed to obtain IDs and passwords of Korean gamers who use online games Hangame and MapleStory, targeting the Internet sites of the game companies. When users log into the hacked sites, the malicious program is stealthily installed on their computers, throwing the door open for hackers to steal their IDs and passwords.

The computer security agency said that 620,000 Korean computers were attacked and 92,000 of those with weak security protection were infected by the program. The agency believes that a group of Chinese hackers committed the attack, as Korea is often a target of Chinese cyber-thieves looking to steal personal information.

posted by Fergie @ 2/09/2007 04:04:00 PM