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It has been revealed that a person believed to be a North Korean agent recruited active-duty officers and civilians to steal military secrets.
As a result of the investigation, it was confirmed that they received large amounts of cryptocurrency in exchange for espionage.
Correspondent Suwon-wook.
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Mr. Lee, the operator of a cryptocurrency exchange, received an order from Mr. A, who is believed to be a North Korean agent, in July of last year.
6 years ago, Mr. A, whom I met in the virtual currency community, gave Mr. Lee information about an active duty officer and gave him an order to 'subscribe'.
The targeted active duty officer declined the offer, but Mr. Lee was instructed by Mr. A to contact another active duty officer, Captain B.
Following this instruction, in January, Mr. Lee sent a watch-type hidden camera to Captain B by courier, and Captain B brought this hidden camera into his unit.
Captain B filmed the 'Defense Network Army Homepage' and 'Army Security Rules', which cannot be seen by the general public, and sent it to Mr. A through Telegram.
Mr. Lee also purchased parts of 'Poison Tab', a USB-type hacking device, so that Mr. A could hack remotely.
Captain B stole the 'KJCCS log-in data', the South Korean military's joint command and control system, and they were arrested before the remote hacking work, the military and police said.
KJCCS is a system for the Joint Chiefs of Staff to command each military, and is a system that reports level 2 or lower secrets, such as North Korean military trends and South Korean military responses.
In fact, if remote hacking had taken place, a large amount of military secrets could be leaked.
In return for this espionage, Mr. Lee received 700 million won in virtual currency, and Captain B received 48 million won in virtual currency.
The military and prosecutors arrested and indicted Mr. Lee and Captain B today (28th), and we are tracking the identity of Mr. A, who gave them orders.
(Video editing: Park Ki-duk)