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Cyberattack surge on unification ministry raises fears over DPRK-related data

However, despite threefold increase of attempted cyberattacks in 2024, South Korean ministry says no damage reported
Joon Ha Park | Shreyas Reddy February 19, 2025
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Cyberattacks targeting South Korea’s unification ministry surged nearly threefold in 2024, raising concerns’ about potential leaks of North Korean escapees’ personal information, according to ministry data obtained by NK News.

The ministry faced 1,068 cyberattack attempts in 2024, up from 397 in 2023, according to a data report provided to NK News by ruling People Power Party lawmaker Yu Yong-weon’s office. 

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Joon Ha Park

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Joon Ha Park is a correspondent at Korea Risk Group. He has previously written on issues related to the two Koreas at The Peninsula Report, and appeared on ABC News Australia, Deutsche Welle and Monocle Radio. He specializes in offering in-depth analyses of South Korea’s defense policy, security relations and domestic politics for Korea Pro.

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Shreyas Reddy is the Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. He previously worked as a researcher at BBC Monitoring, where his work focused on news and key people and organizations from the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Follow him on Twitter.

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