Apt Down – The North Korea Files

Summary

|=------------------------------------------------------------------------=| |=-----------------=[ APT Down - The North Korea Files ]=-----------------=| |=------------------------------------------------------------------------=| |=--------------------------=[ Saber + cyb0rg ]=--------------------------=| |=-----------------------=[ saber_red@riseup.net ]=-----------------------=| |=-----------------=[ 5bc524352881851934d4a88eb8c1682c ]=-----------------=| |=------------------------------------------------------------------------=| |=----------------=[ apt-down-the-north-korea-files.pdf ]=----------------=| Note by PHRACK STAFF: A responsible disclosure was attempted to warn South Korea that China/North Korea has hacked them. The full article, dump and release schedule was shared with South Korea before it was published: 16th of June 2025, Informed Defense Counterintelligence Command. 26th of June 2025, Anonymous response from clearbear001 (dcc.mil.kr?). 16th of July 2025, Anonymous response from operation-dl (who is this?). 17th of July 2025, Informed KISA. 17th of July 2025, Informed Ministry of Unification. 17th of July 2025, Informed LG Uplus Corp. 18th of July 2025, Informed KrCERT. 1st of August 2025, Communication then ended abruptly. 14th of August 2025, The author received an ominous message via Signal, advising him that Proton is not secure (using a burner-phone). (Noticeable: The contact knew about “notfox”, a handle only shared with the South Korean government. Why the contact???). 15th of August 2025, Proton disables the whistleblower’s email account. 16th of August 2025, Proton disables the author’s email account. 18th of August 2025, The complaint fails. The appeal fails. Proton’s response: “your account will cause further damage to our service, therefore we will keep the account suspended”. 22nd of August 2025, Phrack vigorously tries to contact Proton-legal, Andy, and others at Proton. No response. 6th of September 2025, Phrack gives Proton 48h not...