South Korea: hacking incidents by type 2022

In 2022, there were over 13.66 thousand cases of malicious code hidden site detection in South Korea. These websites can infect a user's computer with malicious code which can lead to information leakage or interference with the computer's operating system.

Number of internet hacking cases in South Korea in 2022, by type

Characteristic	Number of cases
Malicious code hidden site detection	13,661
Infringement incident reports	1,142
Homepage falsification	893

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

South Korea

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Homepage falsification: The status of main pages, or pages of websites operated by individuals or companies being changed, deleted, or added by hacking attacks.
Infringement incident report: Cases reported to the Internet Infringement Response Center regarding the damage caused by hacking, DDoS, homepage falsification, malicious code, ransomware, etc.
Malicious code hidden site: A website that can infect a user's PC with malicious code and hides the malicious code itself or the URL that spreads malicious code after being hacked. The malicious code can leak user information or interfere with the operation system.

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