Security News > 2024 > March > South Korean Citizen Detained in Russia on Cyber Espionage Charges
2024-03-12 06:32
Russia has detained a South Korean national for the first time on cyber espionage charges and transferred from Vladivostok to Moscow for further investigation. The development was first reported by Russian news agency TASS. “During the investigation of an espionage case, a South Korean citizen Baek Won-soon was identified and detained in Vladivostok, and put into custody under a court
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