”Don't open this CNN article” - spam messages claiming to be from police officers are becoming popular again in South Korea

Police have launched an investigation into spam messages claiming to be from serving police officers that have become popular again amid the presidential impeachment crisis.
The company received a petition requesting that an investigation be conducted into the spam messages in question on suspicion of legal defamation and violations of the Basic Act on Telecommunications.
The petition was submitted by Police Officer A of the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency, and the spam message containing the officer's real name was sent to Park Geun-hye.
It became popular around the time of the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye, and has recently been circulating again with only the name changed to President Yoon Seok-yeol.
The message read, "Urgent. The CNN article 'Yoon Seok-yeol dies' is absolutely
Do not open the email. The email, titled "Republic of Korea of Concern," is being distributed in connection with the civil unrest incident. It also states, "The email was created yesterday in North Korea and contains malicious code.
The moment you open it, your phone will be accessed by North Korean hackers. Please spread the message to those around you." The real name of Police Officer A is also written at the bottom of the message.
The message, which first appeared during the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye in 2016, has been circulating recently with only the name and details of the president slightly changed.
The police did not investigate the spam messages because they did not contain any phishing elements and the recipients were not directly affected by them.
However, in order to prevent the messages from being spread, the three telecommunications companies, KT, LG Uplus, and SKT, as well as KakaoTalk,
They are requesting that measures be taken to prevent messages containing certain combinations of strings from being propagated.