Hackers were inside South Korea's diplomat training system for 9 months
Unidentified hackers compromised an online education system used by South Korea's diplomatic academy, stealing personal information belonging to former and current employees of the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Unidentified hackers compromised an online education system used by South Korea's diplomatic academy, stealing personal information belonging to former and current employees of the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the department announced Monday.
In a data protection notice, the MoFA said the breach of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy's e-learning platform occurred from April 2025 to February 2026, when a related government authority notified the ministry of abnormal access to the system.
The ministry said it immediately shut the system down and has not restored it since.
Source: https://therecord.media/south-korea-cyberattack-foreign-ministry
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