North Korea stole hundreds of classified military documents from South
Hackers’ haul included detailed wartime operational plans involving the US, and procedures for ‘decapitation’ attacks on Kim Jong-un
Seoul — North Korean computer hackers have stolen hundreds of classified military documents from South Korea — including detailed wartime operational plans involving its US ally, a report said on Tuesday. Rhee Cheol-hee, a legislator for the ruling Democratic party, said the hackers had broken into South Korea’s military network last September and gained access to 235GB of sensitive data, the Chosun Ilbo daily reported. Among the leaked documents was one, Operational Plans 5015, for use in case of war with the North and including procedures for "decapitation" attacks on leader Kim Jong-un, the paper quoted Rhee as saying. Rhee, a member of parliament’s defence committee, could not be reached for comment but his office said he had been quoted correctly. The report comes amid heightened fear of conflict on the Korean peninsula, fuelled by US President Donald Trump’s continued threats of military action against Pyongyang to tame its weapons ambitions. In his latest tweet at the weekend...
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