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The Interview: Malware for Korea Fans
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| 12/31/2014
| S Dredge
Posted on 12/31/2014 10:35:32 AM PST by w1n1
Android app reported to have infected 20,000 devices so far, promising pirated download while stealing bank account details.
Controversial film The Interview has earned $18m so far from online sales and cinema viewings in the US, but some people in South Korea trying to download a pirated version are catching a nasty dose of mobile malware instead.
The comedy, which satirises the North Korean regime of Kim Jong-un and sparked the recent cyberattack on studio Sony Pictures, is understandably eliciting plenty of interest in South Korea.
See the rest of the Interview story here.
TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: northkorea
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12/31/2014 10:35:32 AM PST
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w1n1
To: w1n1
Just a warning to anyone expecting to be linking to a Wall Street Journal article, this link is to a spammy advertising-heavy, crap website.
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12/31/2014 10:51:33 AM PST
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babble-on
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