North Korea stole over 1,000 gigabytes of data from South Korea’s court system. Pyongyang hacked an ROK election body. DPRK cybercriminals infiltrated Seoul’s defense ministry and made off with war plans.

A steady stream of successful North Korean cyberattacks on South Korea in recent years has laid bare vulnerabilities in the country’s digital systems and cybersecurity processes, highlighting issues ranging from crackable passwords to delayed reporting of attacks.

Following the latest court intrusion, some have called for Seoul to establish a cybersecurity “control tower” to prevent further attacks, amid concerns that South Korea