Damage from N.K. cyber attacks estimated at 860 bln won: lawmaker

SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Yonhap) -- The total damage from North Korea's cyber attacks on South Korea's computer systems is estimated at more than 860 billion won (US$805 million) between 2009 and 2013, a lawmaker said Tuesday, citing government data.

According to the data submitted by the defense ministry's cyber warfare headquarters, the North's latest attacks on March 20 and June 25 caused the most damage at 800 billion won, followed by the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on July 7, 2009, at 50 billion won, and the March 4 DDoS attack in 2011 at 10 billion won, Rep. Chung Hee-soo of the ruling Saenuri Party said.