South Korea probes diplomatic academy hack, eyes possible North Korea link

SEOUL: South Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday (Jul 21) a "significant" amount of data appeared to have been exposed in a cyberattack on a government-run diplomatic academy, as authorities examine potential involvement by foreign state-backed hacking groups.Ministry spokesperson Park Il told a briefing that findings so far suggested a data leak of "considerable scale", although authorities had yet to determine the full extent of the breach or the specific information affected.He said no misuse of leaked data had been confirmed and there was insufficient technical evidence to determine who was behind the attack, although the government was not ruling out any possibilities, including foreign-based hacking groups.The comments followed a ministry statement issued on Monday disclosing th