The Dark Visitor

Danwei linked to this article indicating that the hackers responsible for compromising the Korean auction site several months ago have been arrested in the PRC.  The article goes on to describe some interesting details such as:

KBS also talked to Chinese hackers who claim there is something of a black market for Korean personal information in China. They say Koreans hire Chinese hackers to break into sites to get information, which is then handed over and sold in Korea.

There is also some limited information about a tool that was used to compromise the Korean sites.

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