Suspect of nuclear reactors hacking uses Chinese IP addresses

A suspect in the hacking attacks on South Korean nuclear reactors to illegally obtain information used multiple IP addresses based in China, according to investigators here Wednesday.

The suspected hacker accessed the information from a Chinese city, a joint investigation of government and prosecution officials said, without disclosing the name of the city.

The suspect, the self-proclaimed president of an anti-nuclear activist group, has published a wide range of information since last week, including personal information of some 10,000 employees of the state-run nuclear power plants operator, the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.

On Tuesday, the suspect also posted more information on Twitter, including four files of reactor-related information and what appeared to be blueprints of facilities, safety analysis reports of the reactors and links to news on reactor technology.

The KHNP said the information, as in previous postings, only included general, unclassified blueprints.

It was the fifth leak of information on the Gori and Wolsong nuclear power plants, located 400 kilometers south of Seoul, in just over a week.

The team said it has also officially requested assistance from the FBI to look into the server of Twitter, which is based in the United States. (Yonhap)