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Hyundai hacker had hit Daum

A computer hacker who stole personal information on customers of Hyundai Capital, a financial unit of Hyundai Motor Group, is suspected of being the same hacker who attacked Daum Communications four years ago, the police said on Wednesday.

The cyber investigation unit at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said that it believes a hacker surnamed Shin, 37, is behind the crime. The cyber unit also believes Shin has fled to the Philippines.

The police determined Shin’s role in the hacking crime after questioning a 33-year-old private education institute instructor surnamed Ahn, who paid for the use of one of the servers that had been used in the hacking of Hyundai Capital.

According to police, Shin posted an advertisement online stating that he would create an illegal online gambling Web site last February. When Ahn contacted Shin, police said that Shin introduced himself as “a famous programmer who has had the experience of hacking a portal site.” Shin also requested that Ahn pay the local server usage fee of 6,600 won($6), saying that “the money is needed for laundering Internet protocol when creating a gambling Web site.”

Police considered Shin the top suspect as soon as Hyundai Capital reported the case on April 7, after he hacked into the Daum site in October 2007, police said.

Shin stole 40,000 members’ resident registration numbers by breaking into Daum’s customer service system and then blackmailed the company for 5 million won, police said.

Police were able to arrest suspects who withdrew the money but failed to capture Shin, who fled to the Philippines.

After the Hyundai incident, the Seoul cyber team asked the International Criminal Police Organization and the police in the Philippines to find out the location of the IP, trace bank accounts and “carry out a compulsory repatriation to Korea when the suspect is caught,” an official from the cyber investigation unit said.

Police in the Philippines confirmed yesterday that the IP address from the Philippines belonged to Shin.

Police reports indicate that Shin has been involved in three more crimes since fleeing to the Philippines, including hacking into a server of a Korean communications company.


By Yim Seung-hye [sharon@joongang.co.kr]

관련 한글기사[중앙일보]

“현대캐피탈 해킹 용의자, 다음·KT 사이트 공격했던 신씨”

서울경찰청 사이버범죄수사대는 현대캐피탈 고객정보 해킹사건은 신모(37)씨의 소행으로 보인다고 13일 밝혔다.

신씨는 2007년 게임 해킹 프로그램을 판매하다 적발되자 해외로 도주했으며, 같은 해 10월에는 포털사이트 다음을 해킹해 500만원을 받아 챙긴 것으로 조사됐다.

또 통신업체인 KT 전산망 등을 뚫어 100만 명의 정보를 빼낸 것으로 드러났다. 그는 최근까지 필리핀에 머물고 있는 것으로 파악됐다.

경찰은 해킹에 사용된 국내 중간서버 요금을 결제한 안모(33)씨가 신씨로부터 서버 이용대금을 결제해달라는 부탁을 받은 것으로 조사됐다고 설명했다.


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