Minju: "Minju Police Substation Hacked... Possibility of Organized Movement"

The Democratic Party of Korea announced on the 16th that a hacking attack occurred on its platform 'Minjupachulso,' which responds to false and manipulated information.

Kim Dong-a and Yang Moon-seok, members of the False and Manipulated Information Monitoring Team under the Democratic Party's National Communication Committee, stated at a press conference at the National Assembly that "this attack was not a simple hacking attempt. It was a cyberterrorism act using automated attack tools with multiple IPs to steal the Minjupachulso database."

They added, "On the 14th of this month, around 6 p.m., suspicious database query requests totaling about 3,200 were confirmed over approximately one hour from a single attacker," and explained, "This was an automated hacking method scanning database vulnerabilities using multiple IPs, attempting infiltration through anonymized network routes and tampered browsers."

They further explained, "Especially amid the situation where harsh remarks were being made to impose malicious frames such as 'national surveillance,' the hacking attack targeted Minjupachulso."

Democratic Party of Korea leader Lee Jae-myung is speaking while meeting with Choi Sang-mok, Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 13th. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers.

Additionally, they said, "On the same day, the People Power Party announced that their 'Charge me with the crime of sedition' campaign would be converted into a 'self-reporting' campaign to Minjupachulso," and added, "Such hacking attempts and incitement of false reports raise suspicions of an 'organized movement' to obstruct responses to fake news."

Immediately after the press conference, Representative Kim said regarding the possibility of legal action, "We consider this as obstruction of business and plan to file a complaint," adding, "We have definitely collected the data, and IPs have been almost fully traced."

Regarding the People Power Party, which has been making claims such as 'KakaoTalk censorship,' he dismissed them, saying, "The attack is utterly ignorant. The term 'KakaoTalk censorship' itself is invalid."

Earlier, on the 6th of this month, the Democratic Party officially launched the Minjupachulso platform to respond to false and manipulated information.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.