ABC. A 45-year-old official of National Intelligence Service (NIS), who was in the charge of implementing and operating a hacking software developed by Hacking team dubbed Remote Control System (RCS), killed himself on July 18, according to a report on





As per the news report, the man was found dead in his car on a mountain road in Yongin, about 40 kilometres south of Seoul.





According to his suicide note, which was released by the police, the agent, identified only by his surname Lim, deleted relevant records on the NIS computer network before committing suicide





According to police, the man committed suicide after writing a handwritten note in his car giving details of how the NIS had used a controversial hacking software.





Lim wrote in the suicide note that he had insisted the NIS had not spied on South Koreans and apologized for deleting files relating to the software.





"There was no monitoring of people at home. I deleted information that created misunderstandings about our counter-terrorism and covert operations on North Korea ... It was a mistake on my part. But there is nothing to be worried about over any of my actions," he said.





Although, the government and NIS officials have admitted purchasing the software from the Hacking Team, they claimed that it was only used to boost Seoul's cyber warfare capabilities against Pyongyang and not for any domestic monitoring.