A new survey has ranked North Korea as the seventh greatest cybercrime threat globally, drawing attention to the country’s aptitude for carrying out cyberattacks and stealing data.

But one expert raised concerns about potential “bias” due to the survey’s reliance on the opinions of experts from Western countries, stating that the report appears to underestimate the threat that DPRK-backed cyber actors pose to international security and financial systems.

The World Cybercrime Index, presented as a “world-first” study and published by researchers from British, Australian and French universities, presented its assessment of countries deemed