North Korea accounts for almost half of all attacks against tech industry – and the proceeds go straight into developing new weapons of mass destruction for the Hermit Kingdom
- North Korea is responsible for almost half of tech sector cyber intrusions
- IT worker campaigns are hard to spot thanks to AI enhancement
- The funds are being used to help develop new WMDs
A new Crowdstrike report has found nearly half (47%) of state-sponsored attacks against US tech companies came from a single North Korean group.
The group, tracked as Famous Chollima, has launched a string of fake IT worker schemes that use AI tools to enhance the personas of applicants.
The funds from successful intrusions are are a welcome addition to the nation’s highly industrialized economy, and are subsequently used to develop and procure weapons of mass destruction for Kim Jong Un’s regime.
IT salaries paid to develop nukes
North Korea has long relied on cyber activity as a source of funds, with sanctions against the country and a closed-economy resulting in the country being dubbed the ‘Hermit Kingdom’.
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