The operator of South Korea's nuclear power plants will conduct cyber attack drills after hackers published stolen blueprints of its facilities online and warned people to "stay away" from the country's main reactors.
Designs and information about plant equipment owned by Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co (KHNP) were released on the internet last week by an unknown person or group, along with demands for three reactors to be shut down and a veiled warning. But the South Korean government insists that only "non-critical" data has been stolen.
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