In November of last year, hundreds of illegally filmed videos were distributed inside the house.
Home wall pad hacking video ‘Dark Web’ spreads
“Wallpad, use of public communication networks… Increased damage from hacking”
Concerns regarding privacy… Government, ‘Home Network’ Status Investigation
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Last year, videos of illegally filmed hacking of home wall pads installed in each house were circulated on a specific web site, causing many people to panic.
Recently, the government conducted a fact-finding survey, and it was found that the security management of public PCs, which might be a way for wall pad hacking, was very poor.
Reporter Hae-ri Yoon.
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This is a post posted on an online community in November of last year.
Hundreds of videos showing the interior of someone’s house and even the name of a specific apartment complex are written on it.
Videos that were illegally filmed by hacking a home wall pad were distributed through the so-called ‘dark web’ site, which can only be accessed through a specific program.
How might this be possible?
The wall pads in each house share one communication network, so even if a hacker hacked into one house, he might easily look into other furniture.
[김현걸 / 한국사이버보안협회장 : 망이 연결돼 있다 보니까, 백 개의 가구가 같이 쓰는 공용 네트워크에서 한 곳만 (해킹 시도가) 침투돼도 전체를 다 볼 수 있는 구조가 되는 현상이 많이 발생합니다.]
As concerns grew that a security device might become a passageway for privacy, the government launched an investigation into the status of ‘home networks’, including wall pads.
I looked into 20 apartment complexes across the country, and found that the passwords of the public network management PCs in most of the complexes were either the same as the initial settings or a simple combination of numbers.
In addition, overall security management was found to be insufficient, such as not updating the latest security updates or using an operating system that has already ended support.
[김남승 / 과학기술정보통신부 네트워크정책과 사무관 : 아파트 관리 사무소 관리 PC 등에서 ‘1234’ 등 알기 쉬운 비밀번호를 설정해 이용하는 사례가 많았습니다. 이런 알기 쉬운 비밀번호는 해킹 등에 악용될 수 있습니다.]
Cases of violating server installation standards were also discovered.
Most of the server rooms had insufficient locking devices or no CCTV installed, and in some cases, equipment that should be in the communication plumbing room was installed in the disaster prevention room along with a fire extinguisher.
In order to minimize hacking damage for apartments built from this month, the government has required separate wall pad communication networks by household.
It also urged administrators to regularly identify security vulnerabilities and change public PC passwords frequently.
However, as it is not a fundamental measure, there are voices that a more systematic security maintenance system is needed.
This is YTN Haeri Yoon.
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