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South Korean ISP 'Infected' 600,000 Torrenting Subscribers With Malware
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Last week, an in-depth investigative report from JBTC revealed that Korean Internet provider KT, formerly known as Korea Telecom, distributed malware onto subscribers' computers to interfere with and block torrent traffic. File-sharing continues...
In 2020, their throttling activities resulted in a court case, where the ISP cited 'network management' costs as the prime reason to interfere. According to an investigation by Korean news outlet JBTC, the Internet provider actively installed malware on computers of Webhard services. A dedicated KT team allegedly planted malware to eavesdrop on subscribers and interfere with their private file transfers.
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