South Korea on Wednesday renewed its demand that North Korea stop its act of cyber terrorism, a day after Pyongyang denied its involvement in a cyber attack that paralyzed the computer network of one of Seoul's largest banks last month.
South Korean prosecutors announced earlier this month that North Korea's top military intelligence agency hacked into the computer system of South Korea's agricultural cooperative, Nonghyup, and deleted key computer files in the bank's servers. The attack affected tens of thousands of customers who were unable to use bank-issued credit cards for more than a week.
Prosecutors also said the pattern and Internet protocol addresses used for the April attack were identical to those used by the North in previous cyber attacks against South Korea.
On Tuesday, the North's Ministry of the People's Armed Forces rejected the results of an investigation by South Korean prosecutors, accusing the South of "fabricating" the probe.
The results of the probe "are just absurd argument based on unreasonable ground," the North's ministry said in a statement.
On Wednesday, Unification Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong-joo said that South Korea's stance on the North's cyber attacks remains unchanged, noting prosecutors reached the conclusion following an in-depth investigation.
"We urge North Korea once again to immediately stop its act of cyber terrorism," Lee told reporters. (Yonhap)