{"id":174154,"date":"2026-08-21T12:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=174154"},"modified":"2026-08-21T12:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:22:17","slug":"court-sentences-ringleader-of-hacking-group-that-targeted-bts-jungkook-to-20-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/court-sentences-ringleader-of-hacking-group-that-targeted-bts-jungkook-to-20-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Court sentences ringleader of hacking group that targeted BTS\u2019 Jungkook to 20 years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <strong>Seoul<\/strong> court has sentenced the leader of an international hacking group, who targeted <strong>BTS\u2019 Jungkook<\/strong> and several wealthy individuals, to 20 years in prison for crimes totaling 38 billion won (about $27.4 million). The Seoul Central District Court found a Chinese citizen identified by the surname Jeon guilty of fraud and violations of South Korea\u2019s Information and Communications Network Act. The court also said the suspect showed little remorse and rejected his claim that another person was the real leader of the organization.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[INFO] The ringleader of a hacking organization that stole assets worth approximately 38 billion won by targeting wealthy South Koreans, including Jungkook and the chairman of a major conglomerate, has been sentenced to a heavy prison term in the first trial. <\/p>\n<p>According to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nPt7blT7Yq\">pic.twitter.com\/nPt7blT7Yq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BTS Charts &amp; News (@btschartsxdaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/btschartsxdaily\/status\/2090454470090011132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to prosecutors, Jeon organized a hacking group that operated overseas, including in Thailand, from August 2023 to January 2025. The criminal group illegally obtained personal information from wealthy victims, including entertainment figures, major Korean business groups, and BTS\u2019 Jungkook. The criminals then opened mobile phone accounts using the victims\u2019 identities and attempted to access bank and cryptocurrency accounts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jungook-hacker-2026.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jungook-hacker-2026.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jungook-hacker-2026-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jungook-hacker-2026-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jungook-hacker-2026-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jungook-hacker-2026-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jungook-hacker-2026-860x484.jpeg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;The group sought out wealthy individuals as targets and stole their assets,&#8221; the court said. &#8220;Unlike victims of typical voice phishing schemes, the victims in this case lost their assets while defenseless and through zero fault of their own.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>The hackers stole more than 38 billion won, while the total value of attempted transactions reached an estimated 64 billion won. In Jungkook\u2019s case, hackers targeted Hybe shares worth approximately 8.4 billion won. His agency quickly detected the suspicious activity and stopped the transactions, preventing the BTS member from suffering any loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Seoul court has sentenced the leader of an international hacking group, who targeted BTS\u2019 Jungkook and several wealthy individuals, to 20 years in prison for crimes totaling 38 billion won (about $27.4 million). The Seoul Central District Court found a Chinese citizen identified by the surname Jeon guilty of fraud and violations of South [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":174155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49,933],"class_list":["post-174154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","category-news","tag-bts","tag-jungkook"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174158,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174154\/revisions\/174158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}