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Hackers in South Korea arrested after breach of hotel app

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Dissent

John Culbertson reports:

Hackers suspected of breaching a popular South Korean mobile app and stealing the personal data of more than 990,000 users have been arrested, local police say.

South Korean television network YTN reported Thursday the hotel and guesthouse reservation app “Good Choice” was hacked in March by a group that operated in the country, as well as in China.

Data stolen from company servers include the names and contact information of app users, as well as records of past reservations.

Read more on NewsLine.


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