Image by Johan Nilsson via FlickrA series of hacks have hit the South Korean population, in a string of hacking attacks which have caused widespread disruption to the country’s state-run and privately operated firms. South Korean domain registrar Gabia has been hacked, exposing over 100,000 domains and 350,000 users. The website of HSBC Korea was also hacked, paralysing it for over an hour — leaving customers unable to access their online banking.Epson Korea said that its website was hacked, and warned users to change their passwords. The hacker, known as ‘TG’ defaced pages with their Twitter account and picture. It is thought in some cases, data may have been stolen and widespread disruption to services caused.
An anonymous source, believed to be the hacker himself, sent ZDNet a link to a PasteBin link — a site often used by hackers to leave media communications and leaked information — along with an image of the hacked domain registrar.
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