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Justin McCurry guardian.co.uk, Friday 18 December 2009 12.41 GMT
South Korean tanks taking part in a military exercise near the demilitarised zone in 2000 to prepare for a possible North Korean attack. Photograph: Ahn Young-joon/AP
South Korea's military is investigating a cyber attack in which North Korean hackers may have stolen secret defence plans outlining Seoul and Washington's strategy in the event of war on the Korean peninsula.
The highly sensitive information, codenamed Oplan 5027, may have found its way into hostile hands last month after a South Korean officer used an unsecured USB memory stick to download it.
It reportedly contained a summary of military operations involving South Korean and US troops should North Korea conduct a pre-emptive strike or attempt to invade."
