Police Conduct Search and Seizure of Owner of Lee Jae-myung's Game Top-Ranked Account

'Sarajin Chobap Shipinbun' Mr. A's Home Raided on the 28th

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[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Gyumin] The police conducted a search of the residence of the account owner who ranked first in a game on a website created by former presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung's team during the presidential election period.

According to the police, on the 28th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency searched the home of Mr. A, the owner of the account ‘SarajinChobapSibinbun’ who ranked first in the game provided on former candidate Lee's promotional website ‘Jaeming’ from around February 15 to 16. It is known that Mr. A posted his first-place record on an online community at the time, which allowed the police to identify him.

The Democratic Party's election campaign committee announced on February 22 that the site had been subjected to a cyberattack and filed a complaint with the Cyber Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency against unidentified individuals. At that time, the campaign committee's Public Relations and Communication Headquarters stated, “This constitutes a violation of the Information and Communications Network Act regarding unauthorized intrusion and data alteration, as well as obstruction of business under the Criminal Act concerning computers,” and claimed, “An online community bulletin board shows evidence of organized incitement to alter scores and nicknames.”

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