A Russian hacking group has launched cyberattacks on South Korea’s critical infrastructure in apparent retaliation for Seoul’s proposal to send military officials to Ukraine to track North Korean troops involved in Moscow’s war effort.
Z Pentest claimed it gained access to equipment at a warehouse that stored Ukrainian grains in the city of Naju in South Jeolla province.
The gang shared a video on social media supposedly showing how it breached the granary’s electronic controls for loading grain elevators, saying they “were loaded for a very long time, and then just poured tonnes of grain onto the ground”.
“We left all the equipment turned on at full power,” it said in a post last week.
Z Pentest also targeted a cultivation and irrigation system at an unnamed location in South Korea.
“Our specialist just turned everything off. Let them dry up,” the alleged cyber criminals said on Wednesday.
