http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/full/2015/07/30/41/1200000000AEN20150730005700315F.html
Yonhap
2015/07/30
SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- An Italian cybersecurity firm testified that
North Korea had contacted the company to purchase hacking software
programs, a South Korean opposition lawmaker said Thursday.
South Korea's top intelligence agency recently admitted to purchasing
similar software from the Milan-based Hacking Team, triggering suspicions
that it has carried out illegal surveillance of ordinary citizens.
"Hacking Team even testified to receiving a negotiation deal from North
Korea," said Lee Jong-kul, floor leader of the main opposition New
Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD).
Lee made the remark during a seminar organized by the NPAD and Seoul-based
nonprofit organization Open Net Korea at the National Assembly in Seoul.
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) maintains that it has used the
programs to strengthen cyber warfare capabilities against North Korea.
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