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201142
Sun, 08/14/2011 - 10:04
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Pyongyang denies suspected hacking involving North Koreans
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Sunday denied allegations that a group of 30 North Korean hackers had helped a South Korean criminal gang attain money by breaking into online game servers and collecting crucial data.
The North's Committee for Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland said in a report that South Korea's allegation of a hacking crime involving North Koreans is an "unpardonable provocation."
On Aug. 4, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said the North Korean hackers were hired to infiltrate Seoul-based online game servers and build so-called "auto programs" based on the data they siphoned. The agency said investigators arrested five South Korean members of the criminal gang on charges of building and distributing the illegal programs.
North Korea is known to have launched several cyber attacks on the South in the past -- crippling the computer networks of a major local bank and attacking the websites of the presidential office and other government agencies earlier this year -- but it was the first time North Korean hackers were suspected of making a profit from their activities.
"The puppet authorities in the South fabricated the hacking allegations to hurt (North Korea's) external image and rationalize its confrontation (with the North)," said the Pyongyang-based committee.
"The South is also attempting to cover up its crackdowns on the progressive forces by raising groundless rumors about hacking (by North Koreans)," said the committee.
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The North's Committee for Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland said in a report that South Korea's allegation of a hacking crime involving North Koreans is an "unpardonable provocation."
On Aug. 4, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said the North Korean hackers were hired to infiltrate Seoul-based online game servers and build so-called "auto programs" based on the data they siphoned. The agency said investigators arrested five South Korean members of the criminal gang on charges of building and distributing the illegal programs.
North Korea is known to have launched several cyber attacks on the South in the past -- crippling the computer networks of a major local bank and attacking the websites of the presidential office and other government agencies earlier this year -- but it was the first time North Korean hackers were suspected of making a profit from their activities.
"The puppet authorities in the South fabricated the hacking allegations to hurt (North Korea's) external image and rationalize its confrontation (with the North)," said the Pyongyang-based committee.
"The South is also attempting to cover up its crackdowns on the progressive forces by raising groundless rumors about hacking (by North Koreans)," said the committee.
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