It turns out that the secret password was leaked in various ways. According to information obtained from the Ministry of National Defense by Kang Dae-sik, a lawmaker from the People's Power Party who is a member of the National Assembly's Defense Committee, the secret password was leaked in various ways from 2021 to June of this year.
In a case where a third-class national secret password was leaked, the case was indicted by the military prosecutor's office and tried in a military court, and it was revealed that Captain A had received a loan as a reward for providing the password.
Captain A had failed in his cryptocurrency investment and was struggling to repay his debts when a financial institution offered him a loan if he provided the military password. He applied to the financial institution twice for the password.
He was sentenced to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, for receiving loans totaling 1 million won (approximately 107,000 yen) by sending emails to his friends and family.
In January of this year, Captain A used his smartphone to record the password displayed on the code message board in his superior's office.
However, as the investigation into Captain A progressed, more soldiers who leaked the password to the financial institution were arrested.
He was arrested and is currently under investigation. Captain A is currently being charged. There is also the case of Corporal B, who was convicted for posting a secret code in a KakaoTalk chat room with his girlfriend.
Corporal B, who worked as a driver, was sentenced to four months in prison with one year of probation for posting coded messages in a chat room with his girlfriend over the course of 18 days.
In October 2022, Corporal B was asked about the code by a senior soldier, but was unable to answer and was scolded. He then recorded the code in a KakaoTalk chat room with his girlfriend,
It was revealed that the information was leaked in the hope of being quickly verified. The court found that Private B's crimes were serious, but also noted that no real threat to national security had been posed.
There have been other cases of military secrets being leaked without checking the identity of the other party. Corporal C, who was in charge of code transmission within the military unit, leaked military secrets in August last year.
He was found guilty and fined 2 million won (about 215,000 yen) for providing a code word to a caller on his mobile phone who identified himself as a platoon leader.
In February 2022, while working, Petty Officer D was asked for the password when he received a call from someone for a resident declaration. He assumed it was a surprise inspection, so he told them the password and was fined 3 million won (approximately 323,000 yen).
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2024/09/24 07:06 KST
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