Yoon Ho-jung, the Minister of the Interior and Safety, stated on October 6 that there have been no attempts to hack government systems using artificial intelligence (AI) to date.
During a National Assembly audit of the Ministry, Yoon responded to a question from Jeong Chun-sang, a member of the Justice Innovation Party, regarding whether the hacking incident targeting 'Government 24' in August was carried out by AI or a human.
Yoon explained, "The government network is completely separated from the general internet due to a network separation policy, with only a small portion shared with the public. Most hacking attempts occur on that shared portion, and I can confirm that there have been no hacking attempts using AI so far."
Earlier, Jeong criticized the Ministry for insufficient notifications regarding the hacking of Government 24 and called for government measures against AI-assisted hacking.
The audit also addressed a recent hacking incident involving the Korea Local Information Development Institute (KLID), a subsidiary of the Ministry, where 6 gigabytes of data were stolen.
Lee Kwang-hee, a member of the Democratic Party, pointed out that a vulnerable program that should have been removed during the email system's development in 2018 was exploited by hackers eight years later, stating, "This is truly difficult to understand."
In response, Woo Jeong-min, the head of KLID, noted, "We operate the most critical systems at the Institute and have established an information planning team directly under the executives to conduct regular vulnerability assessments."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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