Cybersecurity company McAfee has discovered that hackers have targeted organizations connected to the Winter Olympics that will be held in South Korea, and have tried to access sensitive information.
The hacking campaign ran from December 22 and is still under investigation by the firm. McAfee has stated that the attacks point to “a nation-state adversary that speaks Korean.”
The attacks seem to have been carried out via emails sent to various organizations which contained a malicious document that would create a hidden black channel inside the computer if enabled. These emails are disguised as being sent by South Korea’s National Counter-Terrorism Council.
The emails were sent from a Singapore IP address and told receivers to open a text document in Korean.
Among those sent the messages are individuals associated with the ice hockey tournament at the Olympics. A report can be seen on their website by McAfee Labs here.
It has been reported that at least one of the recipient was infected by the document, according to a senior analyst at McAfee.
The hacking campaign ran from December 22 and is still under investigation by the firm. McAfee has stated that the attacks point to “a nation-state adversary that speaks Korean.”
The attacks seem to have been carried out via emails sent to various organizations which contained a malicious document that would create a hidden black channel inside the computer if enabled. These emails are disguised as being sent by South Korea’s National Counter-Terrorism Council.
The emails were sent from a Singapore IP address and told receivers to open a text document in Korean.
Among those sent the messages are individuals associated with the ice hockey tournament at the Olympics. A report can be seen on their website by McAfee Labs here.
It has been reported that at least one of the recipient was infected by the document, according to a senior analyst at McAfee.