Government starts cyber security drill at power plants in light of hacking attac

Korea′s nuclear industry is on high alert, one week after a cyber attack on the state-run Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power company. The government has launched two days of cyber security drills, while the person or people responsible for the initial attack have threatened to leak more information... if their demands aren′t met by Thursday. Connie Kim reports. A two-day-long cyber security drill has begun at four of the nation′s nuclear power plants in light of the recent hacking of sensitive information from nuclear reactors in Korea. The energy ministry says it will work with various agencies, such as the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, to make sure the Gori and Wolsong power plants are safe from any potential cyber attacks. Over the two days, the ministry will review what kind of impact the leaked information could have on the plants, and perform a number of security checks. The unidentified hacker leaked more information about the facilities over the weekend, and threatened more leaks if the government does not shut down some of its reactors by Christmas. Freshly leaked data includes floor maps, operation manuals and safety reports from the state run Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company′s design and manuals of the Gori-2 and Wolsong-1 reactors. While authorities say the information released until now should pose no threat,... the hacker′s threat to release tens of thousands of pages of new data, including blueprints and other classified information, could be devastating. Calling himself the "president of the anti-nuclear reactor group," the hacker said the joint investigation team should stop its probe into the hack attack if it cares about the safety of the people. The same hacker is reported to have requested that the nuclear power company compensate some one-thousand residents who are thought to have got thyroid cancer from living in close proximity to the plants. The safety of the nation′s aging nuclear power plants is a big concern in Korea as operations at various reactors have been halted several times this year alone. Connie Kim, Arirang News.