Hacker leaks details of 1,000 North Korean defectors
31 December 2018 |
3:19 pm
Personal information from hundreds of defectors from North Korea has reportedly been stolen. The classified data leak could put people who have fled to the South at risk from potential retribution from Pyongyang.
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