All posts tagged "spy agency"

  • An official at Yongin Dongbu Police Station in Yongin, South Korea, on July 19, 2015, holds up a page of the will left by a National Intellgence Service employee who was found dead the previous day. (Yonhap)
    NIS agent denies link to civilian surveillance in apparent suicide note

    SEOUL/YONGIN, July 19 (Yonhap) — The spy agency employee recently found dead denied in his apparent suicide note that the intelligence body used its controversial hacking program on civilians, police said Sunday. Police earlier disclosed part of...

    • Posted July 19, 2015
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    S. Korean spy agency to release usage record of hacking programs

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s top spy agency said Friday that it will show the usage records of controversial hacking programs to lawmakers in coming days, a rare move to back up its claims that it has...

    • Posted July 17, 2015
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  • Lee Byung-ho, chief of the National Intelligence Service, attends a closed-door briefing at the National Assembly on July 14, 2015. The NIS confirmed that it has purchased a hacking program from an Italian company but denied using it to monitor South Korean citizens. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea’s spy agency denies hacking its own citizens

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s top spy agency has purchased a hacking program from an Italian company but denied using it to monitor South Koreans, a ruling party lawmaker said Tuesday. The National Intelligence Service told lawmakers...

    • Posted July 14, 2015
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