North Korean hackers more aggressive than Chinese counterparts

The Mail is reporting that North Korea is adopting more aggressive hacking operations partly to fund cash strapped regime

…North Korean hackers are becoming more aggressive than their Chinese counterparts, a leading US cybersecurity firm warned…

…Analysts say the isolated and impoverished but nuclear-armed North has stepped up hacking operations partly to raise money for the cash-strapped regime, which is subject to multiple sanctions over its atomic weapons and ballistic missile programmes…

…”We have seen both North Korean and Chinese operations range from simplistic to very technically sophisticated,” FireEye’s director of intelligence analysis John Hultquist told AFP.

“The sharpest difference between the two really lies in the aggressive nature of North Korean operations,” he added.

“Whereas Chinese actors have typically favoured quiet espionage, North Korea has demonstrated a willingness to carry out some very aggressive activity, ranging from attack to outright global crime.”…

Read more at N. Korea cyber threat ‘more aggressive than China’: US firm

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