South Korean Banks and Broadcasting Organizations Suffer Major Damage from Cyberattack
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It has been reported in the media that several South Korean banks and local broadcasting organizations have been impacted by a cyberattack.
The attack included the defacement of a Korean ISP/telecoms provider and also the crippling of servers belonging to a number of organizations.
The defacement displays an elaborate animated Web page with sound effects, showing three skulls and included a message by the claimed attackers calling themselves the “Whois” team.
The attack was first noticed when a number of websites began to experience problems. Customers of banks could not access their online accounts and reports of other sites being down began to surface. While specific details are not known at this time, it has been reported that a number of sites affected had their hard drives wiped leaving the affected computers in a crippled state.
Symantec detects the suspected malware as Trojan Horse/Trojan.Jokra and WS.Reputation.1.
We are currently performing detailed analysis of the threat. …
The attack included the defacement of a Korean ISP/telecoms provider and also the crippling of servers belonging to a number of organizations.
The defacement displays an elaborate animated Web page with sound effects, showing three skulls and included a message by the claimed attackers calling themselves the “Whois” team.
The attack was first noticed when a number of websites began to experience problems. Customers of banks could not access their online accounts and reports of other sites being down began to surface. While specific details are not known at this time, it has been reported that a number of sites affected had their hard drives wiped leaving the affected computers in a crippled state.
Symantec detects the suspected malware as Trojan Horse/Trojan.Jokra and WS.Reputation.1.
We are currently performing detailed analysis of the threat. …