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Democratic Party officials said Friday they have been targeted by a fresh cyber attack, similar to a breach at the Democratic National Committee that resulted in an embarrassing leak of party emails.
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It’s been over a week since a massive cyber attack paralyzed the nation’s major broadcasters and banks, but the South Korean government is still struggling to deal with the fallout from the incident.
Our Lee Ji-yoon tells us more. South Korea is known as the most wired nation in the world, but the country still remains relatively vulnerable to hacking attacks, such as the ones carried out this week and last.
To address the problem, the ruling Saenuri Party has proposed the creation of a cyber security agency, that would operate under the jurisdiction of the National Intelligence Service.
The growing calls for a “control tower” capable of overseeing cyber security, and dealing with cyber attacks on key national bodies, have been prompted by two recent network failures.
In the most recent incident on Tuesday, several anti-North Korean websites, the website of cable channel YTN, and a computer network used by seven local governments were paralyzed.
It was the second incident in over a week, and it was nearly two hours before President Park Geun-hye was briefed on it.
Meanwhile, the government is still trying to confirm if it was caused by technical problems or a hacking attack.
During a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, President Park Geun-hye ordered the government to quickly and accurately determine the cause of the incidents.
She then called for the creation of a cyber security agency, such as the one proposed by her Saenuri Party.
Currently, a number of government bodies including the National Intelligence Service, the National Police Agency and the military cyber command… handle countermeasures against cyber terrorism.
The main opposition Democratic United Party is opposed to the agency’s creation, saying that giving one agency absolute power over cyber security, could lead to abuses of power, such as surveillance of citizens and access to their personal financial data.
Lee Ji-yoon, Arirang News.
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