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Police have arrested two Koreans and a Chinese man on suspicion of being part of a group of hackers who pilfered the personal information of some 10.81 million users of Auction, Korea¡¯s largest e-marketplace, in early February. Chinese police are in pursuit of the main body of the group, one Chinese hacker and the Korean leader.
The Cyber Terror Response Center of the National Police Agency on Wednesday said three of five people who hacked Auction -- a 46-year-old Korean identified as Yeo, a 33-year-old Korean named Kim, and a Chinese man named Wi -- were arrested by Chinese police in Shandong Province, China in late March. The Chinese man who actually did the hacking and the Korean chief who coordinated the scheme have not yet been caught.
Kim is accused of attempting to extort several hundred million won by telling Auction of the attack. Yeo allegedly introduced the Chinese hacker to the leader. During the police investigation, they claimed they stole the personal details of altogether some 18 million people but failed to present evidence. Auction on Feb. 4 reported its customers¡¯ information had been stolen. Korean police requested cooperation from their Chinese counterparts after they tracked down the IP address and found that the attack was carried out in China.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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