North Korean hackers used Itaewon tragedy for malware: Google

North Korean hackers have been accused of exploiting South Korea’s deadly Halloween crowd crush to spread malware [File: Kacper Pempel/Reuters]

North Korean hackers exploited South Korea’s deadly Halloween crowd crush to target internet users with malware, according to a report by Google’s anti-hacking unit.

The state-backed hackers planted malicious software in Microsoft Office documents disguised to look like a South Korean government report on the Halloween crush, the Threat Analysis Group said in a report released on Wednesday.