SKorean presidential palace hit by hackers: official

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008

SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea's presidential mansion, the Blue House, has come under cyber-attack from overseas hackers who accessed some confidential information, officials said Tuesday.

The attacks were discovered about two weeks after they happened when the entire computer network underwent a security check in early March, the Blue House said in a statement.

"Some files infected with Worm virus have been found," it said.

The statement blamed the absent-mindedness of an unidentified official who worked at the National Security Council of former president Roh Moo-Hyun.

"The official's private files and some other information was leaked," it said.

Hackers again mounted attacks on the Blue House on Saturday but they were unable to break through...