VOA慢速英语2017--朝鲜窃取韩国军事文件

North Korea Steals Military Documents from South

A South Korean lawmaker says North Korea computer hackers¹ stole hundreds of secret military documents from South Korea.

The documents are said to include plans for destroying the North Korean leadership if a war takes place.

The South Korean official, Lee Cheol-Hee, is a member of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea and the National Defense² Committee. He said on Tuesday that defense officials talked about the stolen documents.

Officials believe North Korean hackers were able to see classified military documents stored at a South Korean defense data center. The attackers reportedly gained control of the documents in September 2016.

Lee told the Yonhap news agency, “Also among them were contingency³ plans for the South’s special forces, reports to allies’ top commanders, and information on key military facilities and power plants.”

He added that 80 percent of the documents taken have yet to be identified.

In the United States, a Department of Defense spokesman said he could not confirm or deny that any documents were taken. Spokesman Rob Manning spoke⁴ to reporters in Washington.

Colonel Manning said that the US-South Korean alliance “is there to deal with those types of situations and safeguard against them.” He said the Defense Department is confident in the security of its operations in Korea, including its ability to deal with threats from the North.

Cedric Leighton operates his own crisis management advisory⁵ service. He once served in the U.S. Air Force.

He said the amount of computer data taken was not as large as the leak of secret materials by Edward Snowden, a worker for the National Security Agency.

Yet Leighton said he is surprised that the information was not kept on a more secure system if reports are correct.

“What is interesting to me about this is that this kind of data was not kept on a more secure network.”

Leighton noted⁶ that South Korean and American soldiers work closely together to gather intelligence. He added that he did not think the computer attack showed any special ability by the North Korean hackers.

North Korean ships banned for ports

The news of the secret military documents came a day after the United Nations announced that it had banned four ships from entering any port in the world. The ships are suspected of carrying banned goods to and from North Korea.

The U.N. Security Council has barred North Korea from exporting coal, iron, lead and seafood⁷. Council members approved the measures because of the North’s nuclear activities and missile tests.

I’m Mario Ritter.

Words in This Story

hackers – n. a person who secretly gets access to a computer system to cause damage or steal information

data center – n. a place were computers used to store large amounts of information are kept, maintained and secured

contingency – n. something that might happen including an emergency or unusual event

facilities – n. buildings or equipment used for a certain purpose

confident – adv. to be sure about something

1 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 contingency   

n.意外事件，可能性

参考例句：

• We should be prepared for any contingency.我们应该对任何应急情况有所准备。
• A fire in our warehouse was a contingency that we had not expected.库房的一场大火是我们始料未及的。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

6 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

7 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。