A signboard at the entrance of the Defence Ministry in Seoul informs workers that smartphone users are required to install a special application that shuts down its camera and voice recording functions.

South Korea yesterday blamed North Korea for a crippling cyber attack last month against government and media websites, including the president’s office. The accusation came a day before the two Koreas are to hold fresh talks on reopening their joint industrial zone. The South’s science ministry said hackers in the attack waged from June 25 to July 1 used at least one IP address that had been utilised in earlier attacks blamed on the North. “North Korea is believed to be behind the attack,” senior ministry official Park Jae-Moon told reporters. Almost all websites and servers of 69 government offices and private organisations targeted in the June attack were now operating normally, he said.

 

 

 

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