Hackers leaked blueprints for South Korean nuclear power stations on Jan. 21, according to state-run firm Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP). Investigators said the hackers operated out of China.
The unidentified hacker group posted partial blueprints and manuals for multiple South Korean nuclear plants on a Twitter account in December. The breaches were tracked to Chinese IP addresses, raising the possibility of a North Korean connection.
As China is North Korea’s only major ally, it is possible hackers from the impoverished Stalinist dictatorship, looking to improve its nuclear program, conducted the leaks.
Earlier this month CNN reported that North Korea’s Bureau 121, a secret military cyberwarfare unit, operates from the city of Shenyang in Northeast China with the sanctioning of the Chinese regime.
