The Supreme Court's Court Administration Office announced on the 30th that it confirmed earlier this year that PCs used in the courts were infected with malware.
The Court Administration Office explained, "During the daily security inspection earlier this year, malware infection was detected, and during the malware detection response analysis process, it was confirmed that there was data flow from a specific internet virtualization PC."
PCs within the court can basically only access the internal network. Only some virtualization PCs, as an exception, can access the external network normally used after going through separate procedures.
The Court Administration Office stated, "Internet virtualization is a system for internet use separated from internal systems, so there may be a large amount of communication with external sites," adding, "We confirmed communication flow connected to a foreign cloud, but due to the nature of the data, it is impossible to specify the details, so it cannot be confirmed whether lawsuit documents or other data were leaked."
There have been suspicions raised that 'Lazarus,' a hacking group known to be from North Korea, infiltrated the court's computer network and stole various data from frontline courts including the Seoul Central District Court. In response, the Court Administration Office stated, "It cannot be confirmed as Lazarus."
Regarding claims that sensitive lawsuit-related information was leaked, they denied it, saying, "The equipment where malware was detected is a server where data is temporarily stored and then deleted," and said it was unconfirmed. Furthermore, the Court Administration Office said that necessary measures were taken after detection earlier this year, and there have been no additional infections or hacking incidents since then.
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