Thursday, 27 March 2014
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A Hacker using an on line moniker 'Seo' has been arrested for breaching into about Approx 25 Million accounts of NAVER,South Korea's largest web portal.
According to KoreanHerald,the hacker bought private information of 25 million people from an Anonymous Korean-Chinese in 2013.The hacker then used the same data to hack into NAVER accounts. The purchased data included names, Internet IDs (profiles), passwords and telephone/mobile numbers.
A computer programmer using on line moniker 'Hong' was also arrested for developing hacking programs including one that automatically enters emails and passwords to log in to NAVER.
The National Police Agency Of South Korea has decided to expend its investigation into 86 other peoples who have bought malicious computer programs developed by 'Hong'.
While,NAVER said :
"The company was not able to stop such attacks from outside sources. The best way to prevent such attacks would be changing the passwords on regular basis, so even if the accounts are compromised, the impact would be minimal."
Famous South Korean Search Portal NAVER Hacked
A Hacker using an on line moniker 'Seo' has been arrested for breaching into about Approx 25 Million accounts of NAVER,South Korea's largest web portal.
According to KoreanHerald,the hacker bought private information of 25 million people from an Anonymous Korean-Chinese in 2013.The hacker then used the same data to hack into NAVER accounts. The purchased data included names, Internet IDs (profiles), passwords and telephone/mobile numbers.
A computer programmer using on line moniker 'Hong' was also arrested for developing hacking programs including one that automatically enters emails and passwords to log in to NAVER.
The National Police Agency Of South Korea has decided to expend its investigation into 86 other peoples who have bought malicious computer programs developed by 'Hong'.
While,NAVER said :
"The company was not able to stop such attacks from outside sources. The best way to prevent such attacks would be changing the passwords on regular basis, so even if the accounts are compromised, the impact would be minimal."
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