‘Confidential leak’ information warfare officer captured by Chinese agents around 2017… Receiving huge bribes

Since 2019, leaked military secrets through secret accounts
Uploaded to a confidential Chinese internet cloud server
Clarified espionage charges in just two months with a swift investigation.,

[Seoul=Newsis] Diagram of the military information leakage case. (Photo provided by the Ministry of National Defense) 2024.08.27. [email protected] *Resale and DB prohibition,
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, ‘[Seoul=Newsis] Reporter Ok Seung-wook = The Military Prosecutor’s Office and the Military Intelligence Command announced that they arrested and indicted military information unit (MIU) member A on charges of leaking military secrets under the Military Criminal Code.’,
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, ‘The investigation revealed that A was lured by Chinese intelligence agents around 2017 and leaked military secrets multiple times from 2019 after receiving money.’,
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, ‘The defendant, after being lured by Chinese intelligence agents around 2017, continuously exploited internal security vulnerabilities within MIU to detect, collect, and leak military secrets.’,
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, ‘Under the direction of Chinese intelligence agents, the defendant detected and collected secrets through methods such as printing, photographing, screen capturing, and memorizing. The defendant leaked the secrets to the Chinese intelligence agents by illegally transporting them to a private residence and uploading them to a Chinese internet cloud server.’,
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, ‘To evade authorities, the defendant meticulously committed the crimes by accessing the cloud with different accounts each time, setting passwords for files, deleting conversation records, and more. Using these methods, the defendant delivered military secrets to Chinese intelligence agents and received large sums of money through secret accounts.’,
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, ‘The defendant’s activities were exposed by military intelligence authorities in June this year. Consequently, the Military Prosecutor’s Office indicted him on general charges on August 27, just over two months after the swift investigation.’,
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, ‘The Military Prosecutor’s Office stated, “This case is a result of strengthening military intelligence investigative capabilities,” adding, “We were able to arrest the MIU member on espionage charges through a prompt investigation.”‘,
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