There are some claims that should never be made. Larry Ellison made a “hacker proof” claim a while back and we know how that played out.
This time we find that South Korea’s Defense Ministry has made similar claims about it’s own “cyber” network (deduct 10 points).
From The Korea Times:
A Defense Ministry spokesman assured Tuesday that the department’s cyber-security system is “hacker-proof,” adding that its intra-net computer data network is detached from the external Internet.
The ministry’s announcement was designed to address new security concerns in wake of the arrest of a North Korean defector who was allegedly working for North Korean intelligence.
Local media have reported that Won Jung-hwa, 34, had allegedly collected e-mail addresses of a number of South Korean military officials. The reports said these e-mail addresses may have been used by hackers to break into the Defense Ministry’s computer network. In fact, the Korean military officials issued a security warning to its personnel last month when some staff began receiving e-mails with attachments containing hacking programs.
As long as there are humans in the mix there will always be a way to compromise the system.