North Korea is a bigger cyber-attack threat than Russia, says expert

Head of security firm says highly skilled DPRK hackers may attack US financial sector to deter military action against the regime

North Korea poses a bigger threat of large-scale cyber-attacks than Russia, according to the co-founder of the information security firm that investigated the 2016 Democratic National Committee hacks.

Speaking to the Guardian, Crowdstrike's Dmitri Alperovitch said: "In 2018, my biggest worry is actually about North Korea. I worry a great deal that they may do a destructive attack, perhaps against our financial sector, in an attempt to deter a potential US strike against either their nuclear facilities or even the regime itself.