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Subject: [ISN] Hackers arrested over data leakage
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2014-02-27 7:11:39
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1402270711290.7154 () infosecnews ! org
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BY CHOI MO-RAN
joongang.co.kr
Feb 27, 2014
Authorities said yesterday that they have arrested three hackers suspected
of leaking the personal data of 17 million people from 225 websites.
The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency announced yesterday that it had
arrested the trio, who stole personal data from Korean websites and sold
it to loan lenders and chauffeur service companies in exchange for about
100 million won ($93,793).
According to the police, the websites' security networks were not secure
enough to prevent infiltration. The hackers uploaded malicious coding onto
posts on online boards, gaining control over the domain once site
administrators clicked on them.
The hackers told the police that they were easily able to steal the
personal data since most of the websites didn't encrypt the personal data
of their members.
[...]
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