A group of Chinese hackers who hacked 11 domestic academic societies during the Lunar New Year holiday disclosed about 800 pieces of personal information they had stolen on the 16th, giving the absurd reason “I’m not in a good mood.”
According to the security industry on the 16th, on this day, the Chinese hacker organization Xiao Qi-ying disclosed about 800 Korean personal information on Telegram, which they operate, claiming that it was stolen from a database (DB) of a specific sports research institute.
Xiao Qi-ying said, “I’m not in a good mood, so I’m posting a Korean database for fun.” At the same time, he also claimed that “they will not know how much stolen information they have.”
Previously, on the 15th, with the intention of testing the new member’s hacking skills, the new member released 5 servers and web pages in Korea, claiming that the new member had tampered with it. Server operators presumed to have been attacked by them include the convenience store CU website operated by BGF Retail, a domestic shipping company, and domestic science and technology related universities. Regarding the attack, a security expert explained, “The web page of the service port where Oracle WebLogic Server is running has been tampered with, and it is presumed that the attack was done using a vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server.”
Even when Xiao Qi-ying hacked the homepages of 11 domestic societies last month, he gave an unclear reason, ‘because he was angry with Korean streamers (broadcasters using Internet video media)’. On the early morning of the 24th of last month, they revealed the reason for the hacking attack through their telegram, saying, “I got angry at a Korean streamer and hacked while using a streaming service.” In addition, they explained, “We are a hacker organization that hacks freely, and we will use Korea as a training ground.” It was also reported that the state was not behind it.
In the security industry, there are voices urging that we should not be overly agitated as their hacking activities are aimed at instigating domestic unrest. A security industry expert explained, “They are proud to share domestic media reports with those who follow them through Telegram.” did.
Meanwhile, Xiao Qi-ying is known as the successor of the hacker organization ‘Teng Snake’, which is also known in Korea. According to security sources, Teng Snake has been active since around 2021 and has been hacking targeting countries around the world. After starting to use the organization name Xiaoqiying in December of last year, on the 7th of last month, they announced that they would start a data leak operation against South Korea.
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Source: Donga
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