Security News > 2008 > September > 'Defense Ministry's Cyber Network Is Hacker-Proof'

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/09/116_30464.html By Michael Ha Staff Reporter 09-02-2008 A Defense Ministry spokesman assured Tuesday that the department's cyber-security system is "hacker-proof," adding that its intra-net computer data network is detached from the external Internet. The ministry's announcement was designed to address new security concerns in wake of the arrest of a North Korean defector who was allegedly working for North Korean intelligence. Local media have reported that Won Jung-hwa, 34, had allegedly collected e-mail addresses of a number of South Korean military officials. The reports said these e-mail addresses may have been used by hackers to break into the Defense Ministry's computer network. In fact, the Korean military officials issued a security warning to its personnel last month when some staff began receiving e-mails with attachments containing hacking programs. But Defense Ministry spokesman Won Tae-jae told local reporters during a press briefing Tuesday that the ministry's intra-net network is not connected to the external Web, "so that outsiders can't approach the internal network through the Internet." [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/

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