The captain is accused of passing South Korea's Joint Command and Control System login information to an alleged North Korean spy. espionage bitcoin
South Korean law enforcement recently announced the arrest of a serving military captain and an operator of a cryptocurrency exchange on charges of spying for a North Korean hacker. In return for the acts of espionage, the two South Korean individuals were allegedly paid bitcoins worth a total of $637,789.
The cryptocurrency exchange operator, on the other hand, is accused of giving a spying device to the military captain. The operator did this at the behest of the North Korean spy, the report said. In addition to the wristwatch-like spying device, the businessman is also reported to have bought and assembled a hacking device resembling a USB. The device would be used to access the South Korea Joint Command & Control System.
Allegations that a North Korean hacker had recruited South Korean citizens to spy on behalf of Pyongyang come just a few weeks after the FBI North Korean affiliated hackers of being behind the Ronin bridge hacking incident. As previously reported by Bitcoin.com News, North Korean cyber criminals behind this incident are believed to have made off with more than $600 million.
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