Security News > 2011 > April > External hacker suspected in Nonghyup network crash

http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=040000&biid=2011041541348 The Dong-A Ilbo April 15, 2011 Prosecutors have begun an investigation into the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, also called Nonghyup or NH Bank, which has suffered a major network crash. The Financial Supervisory Service will start a probe into this as early as Friday. Prosecutors said Thursday that they suspect an outside hacker disrupted Nonghyup’s network system. The federation has yet to pinpoint the cause of the crash since the incident occurred three days ago. The network has not been fully recovered yet, increasing the damage to its 30 million customers. A cyber crime investigative team at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors` Office said Thursday that it confiscated an IBM Korea employee’s laptop and relevant electronic records. Prosecutors say an expert hacker probably accessed the bank server via this laptop because the laptop was connected to the external Internet for 24 hours. [...]

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