- A hacker has stolen sensitive kimsuky files and logs
- They claim the group is “moral perverse” and hacks for “all the wrong reasons”
- But the leak will not run the group, some claim
Kimsuky, a notorious North Korean state -sponsored threat actor, has been hacked by someone who claims not to be a cyber criminal, but rather – an “artist”.
The database is 8.9 GB in size and can be found on the site “Distributed denial of secrets” containing logs, tools and infrastructure used by the group that reveals their tactics, techniques and procedures.
The feature contains phishing -logs that show an attack on the command of defense against Counterintelligence (South Korean Military Intelligence Agency), various targeted domains, archives with the complete source code for South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs -Mail -Mail -Platform (including webmail, admin and other modules), a list of South Korean University Professors, a Tools Sat For building phishing sites, cobal trips and more.
Driven by greed
Kimsuky is notorious for his cyber-spyage campaigns. The group’s earliest observations were back in 2012, and since then it was credited with several attacks against public agencies, think tanks, research institutions and media. It is particularly focused on Korean peninsula affairs, nuclear politics and foreign relations.
The hacker that goes off saber / cyb0rg threw Kimsuky to promote state agendas:
“Kimsuky, you’re not a hacker. You’re driven by financial greed, enriching your leaders and to fulfill their political agenda,” reads a letter accompanying the dump. “You steal from others and favors your own. You value yourself over the others: You are morally perverted.”
“You hack for all the wrong reasons,” the letter concluded.
Although a commendable effort, this leakage is likely to not quite stop Kimsuky, a state -sponsored actor with formidable resources.
However, since many tools and methods have been “burned”, it could slow down the group, postpone current campaigns and force it to start from scratch in some cases.
Via Bleeping computer



