For a country that allows only a trusted few onto the internet, North Korea is a prolific troublemaker online
that allows only a trusted few onto the internet, North Korea is a prolific troublemaker online. In 2005 Kim Jong Il, the country’s then dictator, said that “if the internet is like a gun, cyber-attacks are like atomic bombs.” His son, Kim Jong Un, took this observation to heart, not only studying computer science at university, but significantly expanding the country’s cyber-warfare capabilities after he assumed power in 2011.
The rapid increase in activity from 2016 is in part explained by increased attention from analysts. Many attacks in the past may have gone unnoticed. But North Korea’s cyber operations are also maturing. Harsher international sanctions imposed from 2016 in response to weapons-testing may also have encouraged more activity, as the isolated regime has become more desperate for both information and currency.
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