World war 3 threat? North Korea steals warship and submarine blueprints in massive heist

The South Korean paper Dong-A Ilbo, citing opposition
party lawmaker Kyeong Dae-soo, claims that 60
classified military documents were among 40,000
hacked from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and
Marine Engineering Co. in April 2016.
South Korea’s Aegis-equipped ships and submarines
are key to plans for a preemptive strike against North
Korea.
They are equipped with ballistic missiles to target key
facilities in the South.
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The documents include information on construction
technology, blueprints, weapons systems and
evaluation of the ships and submarines.
Mr Kyeong told the newspaper that he was briefed on
the hack from South Korea’s defence ministry.
North Korea has been developing cyber capabilities as
trade sanctions and a poor economy have made it hard
to invest in conventional military capabilities.
The rogue nation has been accused of hacking
everything from Sony Corp to bitcoin and other
cryptocurrencies.
It was even accused of hacking the NHS, which it
denies.
The official Korean Central News Agency said: “We
made it very clear that the DPRK had no connection at
all with acts of cybercrime.”
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a
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The claims come after it was reported earlier this
month that North Korean hackers have stolen the
USA’s hyper-classified plans for war on the peninsula.
The data even includes a plot to “decapitate” Kim
Jong-un.
Rhee Cheol-hee, a South Korean lawmaker, said North
Korea now has its hands on the latest South Korea-US
wartime plans, the South’s Yonhap News Agency
reported.
North Korea has denied that it hacked the NHS
Pyongyang has denied responsibility for the cyber
attack, scolding Seoul for "fabricating" claims of online
attacks.
The stolen plans coincide with the North ramping up
its rhetoric and testing six missiles this year, including
a nuclear missile which the North claims could reach
the US west coast.
Russian lawmaker Anton Morozov visited Pyongyang
earlier this month.
North Korea has been conducting a series of nuclear
and missile tests since July
He warned the North possesses a ballistic missile
which will be able to reach US territory after it is
modernised.
Mr Morozov said North Korea is aiming to increase the
range of its ballistic missiles from 3,000km to 9,000km
- which could reach the US Pacific island of Guam.
Mr Morozov, who embarked on a three-day visit to the
despot kingdom with two other Russian lawmakers,
said on Friday Kim was preparing to launch another
long-range missile “in the nearest future”.P

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