South Korea says pro-Russia groups responsible for cyberattacks after North’s troop dispatch

SEOUL (Reuters) – Pro-Russia hacking groups have recently conducted cyberattacks against South Korea after North Korea dispatched troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine, Seoul’s presidential office said on Friday.

The office held an emergency intra-agency meeting after detecting denial-of-service attacks on some government and private websites in recent days.

Some of the websites experienced temporary outages but there was no serious damage, it said, adding that the government will strengthen its ability to respond to such attacks.

(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Ed Davies and Edwina Gibbs)