N. Korea hacked government smartphones, South says

(CNN) —South Korea’s spy agency says North Korea has hacked dozens of top government officials’ smartphones over the past couple of weeks.

The National Intelligence Service, or NIS, says Pyongyang “has been implanting malicious codes by sending enticing text messages” from late February to early March, adding that a fifth of those targeted were successfully hacked. The hackers stole text messages and voice communications, and they secured the numbers of senior government officials, it said.

The NIS has not disclosed which officials have been affected. The spy agency also said North Korea hacked a company that provides security software that is used by more than 20 million people for online banking and card payment. The NIS says no one was affected by that attack; only servers were damaged. For the full article click here 

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