The cyber threat from Pyongyang

Poverty-stricken North Korea spends a lot of its national resources on the military, including cyber, capabilities. Its cyber units, especially Bureau 121, are assumed to possess sophisticated cyber espionage capabilities, operating systems, and intrusion software; and the expertise to create highly...

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Main Author: Nah, Liang Tuang
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2023
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1654582023-04-02T15:44:51Z The cyber threat from Pyongyang Nah, Liang Tuang S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Social sciences::Political science Country and Region Studies Technology and Future Issues Poverty-stricken North Korea spends a lot of its national resources on the military, including cyber, capabilities. Its cyber units, especially Bureau 121, are assumed to possess sophisticated cyber espionage capabilities, operating systems, and intrusion software; and the expertise to create highly destructive malware deliverable online to networked computers, or to standalone systems autonomous of the internet. Military and national security planners must implement relevant threat mitigation measures in the face of Pyongyang’s cyber offensives. Published version 2023-03-27T12:15:02Z 2023-03-27T12:15:02Z 2023 Commentary Nah, L. T. (2023). The cyber threat from Pyongyang. RSIS Commentaries, 001-23. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165458 en RSIS Commentaries, 001-23 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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Country and Region Studies
Technology and Future Issues
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Country and Region Studies
Technology and Future Issues
Nah, Liang Tuang
The cyber threat from Pyongyang
description Poverty-stricken North Korea spends a lot of its national resources on the military, including cyber, capabilities. Its cyber units, especially Bureau 121, are assumed to possess sophisticated cyber espionage capabilities, operating systems, and intrusion software; and the expertise to create highly destructive malware deliverable online to networked computers, or to standalone systems autonomous of the internet. Military and national security planners must implement relevant threat mitigation measures in the face of Pyongyang’s cyber offensives.
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