North Korean hack targets South's nuclear power research

State-linked attack last month possibly leaked technology to Pyongyang

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 A South Korean researcher checks a radio active lever of debris from dismantled experimental reactor belonging to the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. © Reuters

YOSUKE ONCHI, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- North Korean hackers conducted a cyberattack against a South Korean nuclear energy research organization last month and may have stolen valuable technology, a South Korean lawmaker said Friday.

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