North Korea said behind GMO cyberattack ahead of CEO’s first briefing on hacking
GMO CEO Masatoshi Kumagai is set to hold the firm's first public briefing since it became embroiled in a growing scandal over a massive data breach.
A cyberattack on GMO Internet Group was likely carried out by a hacker group linked to North Korea, according to media reports on Monday. This revelation came ahead of the company's CEO, Masatoshi Kumagai, who was set to deliver his first public briefing on the hacking scandal. GMO had been under intense scrutiny since October 21 when it announced that its Onamae.com desktop cloud service had been breached, affecting over 26,000 servers, including those used for foreign exchange trading.
Five IP addresses used to access a website claiming responsibility for the attack shortly after shared similarities with those previously associated with a North Korean hacking group. These findings were reported by Kyodo News, in collaboration with cybersecurity experts.
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