It was belatedly confirmed that police carried out a raid on LG Uplus over allegations it concealed a hacking incident.
According to police and industry officials on the 2nd, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's anti-corruption investigation unit executed a search warrant around mid last month at the LG Uplus Magok headquarters in Gangseo District, Seoul. The building houses an integrated control center, so police are believed to have secured related records such as servers and system data.
A public-private joint investigation team composed of the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) confirmed last year that information had been leaked within LG Uplus. However, it said the operating systems (OS) of key servers had been reinstalled or discarded, making an investigation impossible.
In the end, the Ministry of Science and ICT said it could not continue the probe and in Dec. last year asked police to investigate LG Uplus on charges of obstructing the performance of official duties.
Based on the materials secured through the raid, police are expected to investigate whether existing log records were deleted or initialized during the process of reinstalling the server suspected of being hacked, and whether this restricted the security authorities' forensic examination.