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North Korea stepping up cyberattacks on software supply chains, Seoul warns

NIS says DPRK compromises third-party suppliers to gain access to target’s systems, stealing sensitive data and tech

North Korean cybercriminals have stepped up attacks targeting software supply chains in a bid to steal confidential information and core technologies from government agencies and tech companies, according to Seoul’s spy agency.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a press release on Tuesday that it recently detected DPRK threat actors employing “sophisticated techniques” to carry out supply chain attacks, in which cybercriminals compromise third-party suppliers or vendors to gain access to the actual targets’ systems.

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