{"id":52609,"date":"2022-08-22T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=52609"},"modified":"2026-04-05T16:05:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:05:56","slug":"north-korea-launches-cyberattack-using-stolen-south-korean-police-officer-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-launches-cyberattack-using-stolen-south-korean-police-officer-id\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea launches cyberattack using stolen S. Korean police officer&#8217;s ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea has launched a cyberattack using an ID stolen from an actual South Korean police officer who investigates cybercrime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a press release Wednesday, South Korean cybersecurity firm ESTsecurity said the attack was launched by a hacker who posed as an investigating officer from the advanced security investigation team of a specific South Korean police department.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company said the hacker used a PDF with an official ID card, including a photo and real name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PDF the hacker used included the official ID card\u2019s QR code, photo, name, department, rank, birthday and contact number.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essentially, the hacker tried to evade the target\u2019s suspicion by presenting the ID card of an actual police officer who handles cybercrime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hackers used a police ID in a 2017 attack as well. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In that attack on a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, the attacker posed as an officer requesting cooperating in querying registered users. They used a PDF copy of the officer\u2019s ID card and an infected Excel file titled \u201cBitcoin transaction details.xml.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A sweeping investigation by the authorities concluded the attack was launched by a North Korean hacking ring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ESTsecurity Security Response Center (ESRC) said the server commands used in the latest attack were the same as the commands and patterns used in phishing attacks on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and National Unification Advisory Council reported in February and May, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means we can assume the latest phishing attack was launched by North Korea, too, given that North Korean hacking rings were behind the previous attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52610\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52610 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20220817_mdh_phishing2-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20220817_mdh_phishing2-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20220817_mdh_phishing2-317x420.jpg 317w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/20220817_mdh_phishing2.jpg 543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ID card, with the personal information of the South Korean police officer. (ESTsecurity)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, the ESRC\u2019s analysis determined that the latest attack was the work of a hacking organization connected to North Korea\u2019s Reconnaissance General Bureau.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An employee of ESRC said the North Korean cyber security risk is so high that hackers are \u201ceven stealing the IDs of serving South Korean police officers to search for and boldly approach targets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calling for caution, he said, \u201cAbove all else, we always need to be suspicious and bolster our awareness and level of tension, like in the zero trust cyber security model predicated on trusting no one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The zero trust cyber security model calls for users totrust nobody, not even users or devices that have passed through security systems and accessed the system. Assuming that all users or devices pose security risks, the model grants permissions after thorough verifications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the officer whose ID was used in the attack actually sent documents to the suspected victims of cyber attacks last month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An employee of Unification Media Group, an organization that sends broadcasts into North Korea, received an email last month from the officer in question warning the employee that he may have been hacked. Analysis confirmed that the file attached to the email was clean, and that the actual officer had sent the email to request cooperation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ID file was possibly leaked through another recipient of a police cooperation request who had already been hacked. The hacker appears to have acquired the ID card file and other materials from a computer he already controlled, using them in the latest attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of this, people who have exchanged emails with the officer in question need to take extra care because they are at high risk of being attacked. They must be on guard against security failures, carefully examining the addresses of senders and directly confirming with the other party whether they sent the relevant email.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20220817-5\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea has launched a cyberattack using an ID stolen from an actual South Korean police officer who investigates cybercrime. 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