Foreign Ministry to change diplomats’ email addresses after data leak

South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is set to change the email addresses of its diplomats after a cyberattack on the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) exposed some of the personal information of all of its diplomats.

According to industry sources on Thursday, the ministry is reviewing the timing, scope and implementation details of replacing its diplomats’ email addresses following a major security breach.

Carried out over a 10-month period between April last year and February this ...