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China arrests man for leaking secrets to Internet China arrested a young engineer for leaking state secrets after he revealed details of the latest Chinese military aircraft model on the Internet, a Hong Kong-based human rights group said Tuesday. http://www.sjmercury.com/svtech/news/breaking/internet/docs/850120l.htm
Threat of 'infowar' brings CIA warnings
Y2K work has given foreign-born programmers 'unprecedented access' to U.S. computer systems. Some might call it paranoia, but the U.S. government is growing increasingly worried that foreign infiltrators are building secret trap doors into government and corporate networks with the help of foreign-born programmers doing Y2K-related work. http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/1999/75306_09-13-1999.html
Internet Used in Espionage Activities by DPRK
It was revealed that apart from the past spies who mostly used wireless radio, the spy group that was disclosed this time exchanged instructions with North Korea through the cyberspace such as using the Internet.
In 1989, Kim Yong-hwan was recruited by Yun T'aek-rim, a spy dispatched to the South, and joined the Workers Party of Korea. After receiving instructions to enter the North with a person in charge of communications, he went to Haeju, Hwanghae Province with his college junior Cho Yu-sik on 16 May 1991 by riding North Korea's semi-submersible boat off the coast of Konp'yong-ri, Kanghwa Island. On 30 May, he rode a North Korean spy boat along with Mr. Cho fromIsland. On 30 May, he rode a North Korean spy boat along with Mr. Cho from Namp'o and arrived at a seashore near Sogwip'o City, Cheju Island via the high sea of the West Sea.
It was revealed that Mr. Kim met Kim Il-song twice and even received a medal. By using the many PC [personal computer] rooms around university campuses, Mr. Kim got in touch with North Korea's External Liaison Bureau, thus avoiding the authorities' pursuit. In email on the Internet, North Korea was referred to as the "head office"; the organization of the Revolutionary Party for People and Democracy as "article"; and espionage activities as "operation."
When a crewmember of the semi-submersible boat that was sunk after it infiltrated into the southern sea died, Mr. Ha Yong-ok received a notice from North Korea one month later that a middleman had died. According to the rule that they exchange email every Thursday at 1700 [0800 GMT], they exchanged instructions 11 times from December of last year until now, thus even using cyberspace as a network for espionage activities.
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