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North Koreans are hacking their smartphones to access banned content

April 28, 2022 News Centre 0

Some tech savvy North Korean mobile users are managing to jailbreak their smartphones to circumvent tight government controls: report. Read more…

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What we know about the hotlines between North and South Korea

June 10, 2020 News Centre 0

North Korea is cutting communication hotlines with South Korea, a tactic it has used repeatedly during periods of rising tension. Read more…

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Two Chinese charged laundering North Korean cryptocurrency

March 3, 2020 News Centre 0

US Justice Department has charged two Chinese nationals with laundering more than $100 million in cryptocurrency on behalf of North Korea. Read more…

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North Korea smartphone boom despite UN sanctions

September 27, 2019 News Centre 0

North Korea is evading UN sanctions to cash in on soaring domestic demand for smartphones, using low-cost hardware imports Read more…

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North Korea says: $2 billion? Cyberattacks? No way!

September 3, 2019 News Centre 0

North Korea denied on Sunday allegations that it had obtained $2 billion through cyberattacks on banks and cryptocurrency exchanges. Read more…

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North Korea warns of ‘unhealthy ideas’ spread by mobile phones

December 19, 2018 News Centre 0

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s main state newspaper warned on Tuesday of the “negative impact” from mobile phones use around the world, as both legal and illicit communications devices proliferate in the isolated country. Rodong Read more…

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SK spy agency flags North Korean hackers as Coincheck suspects

February 6, 2018 News Centre 0

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s intelligence agency told lawmakers North Korean hackers could have been behind the $530 million theft of virtual coins from a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange last month, people familiar with the matter Read more…

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More signs that North Korea is quietly mining cryptocurrencies

January 9, 2018 News Centre 0

SEOUL (Reuters) – A cybersecurity company said it has found software that appears to install code for mining cryptocurrencies and sends any mined coins to a server at a North Korean university, the latest sign that Read more…

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Orascom plans to ditch North Korean cello Koryolink: report

December 21, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

ITEM: North Korean 3G cellco Koryolink is reportedly shutting down after its main stakeholder, Orascom, decided to bail from the country due to international sanctions and the regime’s increasingly heated exchanges with the US over Read more…

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North Korean hackers stealing millions in cryptocurrencies: researchers

December 20, 2017 News Centre 0

SINGAPORE/SEOUL (Reuters) – A series of recent cyber attacks has netted North Korean hackers millions of dollars in virtual currencies like Bitcoin, with more attacks expected as international sanctions drive the country to seek new Read more…

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N. Korean hackers stole $7m from S. Korean cryptocurrency exchanges

December 18, 2017 News Centre 0

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s spy agency said North Korean hackers were behind attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges this year in which some 7.6 billion won ($6.99 million) worth of cryptocurrencies were stolen, a newspaper reported Read more…

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North Korea gets new international internet link from TransTelecom

October 3, 2017 News Centre 0

REUTERS – North Korea has opened a second internet connection with the outside world, this time via Russia, a move which cyber security experts said could give Pyongyang greater capability to conduct cyber attacks. North Read more…

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North Korea hackers are out to steal cash, not secrets: report

July 31, 2017 News Centre 0

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is behind an increasingly orchestrated effort at hacking into computers of financial institutions in South Korea and around the world to steal cash for the impoverished country, a South Korean Read more…

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US blames North Korea for cyber attack spree, expects more

June 14, 2017 News Centre 0

WASHINGTON/TORONTO (Reuters) – The US government on Tuesday issued a rare alert squarely blaming the North Korean government for a raft of cyber attacks stretching back to 2009 and warning that more were likely. The Read more…

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Zeroing in on North Korea’s mysterious cyber cell Unit 180

May 23, 2017 News Centre 0

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyber attacks, according to defectors, officials and Read more…

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Cybersecurity researchers suggest North Korea might have been behind WannaCry

May 17, 2017 News Centre 0

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cybersecurity researchers have found evidence they say could link North Korea with the WannaCry cyber attack that has infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide, as global authorities scrambled to prevent hackers from Read more…

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More evidence North Korea linked to Bangladesh heist – Kaspersky

April 5, 2017 News Centre 0

(Reuters) – Cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab on Monday said it had obtained digital evidence that bolsters suspicions by some researchers that North Korea was involved in last year’s $81 million cyber heist of the Read more…

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US may accuse North Korea of that $81 million Bangladesh Bank cyberheist: WSJ

March 23, 2017 News Centre 0

NEW YORK (Reuters) – US prosecutors are building potential cases that would accuse North Korea of directing the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last Read more…

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North Korean hacker group Lazarus behind recent cyber attack spree: Symantec

March 16, 2017 News Centre 0

BOSTON (Reuters) – A North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus was likely behind a recent cyber campaign targeting organizations in 31 countries, following high-profile attacks on Bangladesh Bank, Sony and South Korea, cyber security Read more…

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Let’s imagine what North Korea could do with artificial intelligence

February 6, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

We talk about the pros and cons of artificial intelligence in the context of relatively open societies. But what does AI mean for a walled-off centralized dictatorship like North Korea? That question was put by Read more…

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