North Korea-backed cyber espionage campaign targets UK military
by Dan Milmo and Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#6PG0Y)
National Cyber Security Centre warns of global hacking effort to obtain nuclear and defence intelligence
North Korean state-backed hackers have mounted a campaign to obtain secrets related to nuclear materials, military drones, submarines and shipbuilding in the UK and US, as intelligence agencies warned of a global cyber-espionage campaign" targeting sensitive industries.
A joint notice from the US, UK and South Korea warned that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was using state-backed attackers to further the regime's military and nuclear ambitions. It added that Japan and India had also been targeted.
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