{"id":56298,"date":"2014-12-22T11:39:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T09:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=56298"},"modified":"2014-12-22T11:39:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T09:39:38","slug":"south-korea-insists-nuclear-plants-secure-despite-hacking-56298","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/south-korea-insists-nuclear-plants-secure-despite-hacking-56298\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea insists nuclear plants secure despite hacking"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Seoul claims threats to nuclear infrastructure based on ‘leaks’ of classified data that could be obtained through online search.<\/h1>\n

As the United States investigates North Korea’s alleged role in the now infamous hacking of Sony Pictures, South Korea is dealing with its own cyber threat — but Seoul’s vice energy minister played down fears of any imminent danger Monday.<\/p>\n

A hacker claiming to be the president of a Hawaii-based anti -nuclear reactor group threatened via Twitter to carry out a “second wave of destruction” Sunday — having exposed floor maps and other facility information from reactors in the southeast ofSouth Korea.<\/p>\n

The latest of several posts since last week also warned residents near the plants in question to keep their distance over the coming months.<\/p>\n

But while acknowledging that leaked documents do appear to be from Gori and Wolsong nuclear power plants, Vice Energy Minister Lee Kwan-sup insisted the information was already readily available.<\/p>\n

“One cannot launch an attack with such information,” Lee said, adding that “a nuclear expert could easily obtain such information using Google’s search engine.”<\/p>\n

His comments support the claim of nuclear officials, who insist that any leaks could not have occurred since April of last year, when local power plants’ networks were isolated — classified information is not available via the Internet.<\/p>\n

But Lee did reveal that prosecutors are investigating as the government does not know “what the true intentions of these people are.”<\/p>\n

Protests against the construction of new reactors, as well as the handling of old reactors and nuclear waste, have been a common feature in South Korean society in recent years.<\/p>\n

Seoul is not able to reprocess nuclear waste under an existing agreement with the U.S. — while the country relies on its existing 23 reactors for around 30 percent of its energy needs.<\/p>\n

The government has also been attempting to step up its cyber defences after accusing North Korea of a massive hacking attack last year, which temporarily crippled banks and media outlets.<\/p>\n

As with the recent infiltration of Sony Pictures, Pyongyang maintains its innocence.<\/p>\nError, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 12)<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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