Reply #78: S.Korean Accused of Doing Business with N.Korean Hackers [View All]

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http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/05/06/2011050600827.html

Police are investigating charges that South Korean netizens profited from an online game hacking program they bought from North Korean hackers via ethnic Korean brokers in China. According to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, a 49-year-old man identified by his surname Im paid a large sum of money to a North Korean hacker unit believed to be based in Shenyang, China via an ethnic Korean broker and asked them to develop a hacking program for the online game "Lineage."

The program Im requested was apparently a so-called "auto program" that automatically hunts and kills monsters in the game and accrues items such as special weaponry or game money. Prosecutors seized Im's e-mail records and confirmed that he received the program from the ethnic Korean broker.