News UN panel calls out North Korea for cyberattacks on defense industriesDraft report describes malicious emails to panel members and extended attacks against defense sector Cyberattacks by North Korean hackers against defense industries around the world have become a clear trend in 2020, according to an unreleased report by the United Nations’ Panel of Experts. In a draft seen by NK Pro, the panel said groups like Lazarus and Kimsuky continue to operate under North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), and linked its hackers to a cyberattack against panel members in Oct. 2020. In the so-called phishing attack, hackers sent an email containing a malicious link to an expert on the U.N. panel, the report explained. According to the targeted panel member © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |