[ossig] Article: S. Korean govt hit by massive cyberattacks

["Raja Iskandar Shah" <ris.riscniaga@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Excerpt from an article in the Star:
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/7/15/technology/8448120&sec=technology
"
In an attack on the National Assembly, information on 122 people
including lawmakers was stolen, the NIS said in a statement. 

"The public must be alerted to strengthen computer security and prevent
important national data and secret industrial data from being stolen,"
the statement added. 

Hackers have used two information-stealing viruses, a variation of the
Peep Trojan hacking program and Backdoor Revacc, since their first
attack on June 13, it said. 
"

Both viruses affect MS Windows:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojmultidrp.html
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojrevaccb.html




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