Recent US media reports stated that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's North Korean media reportHacker has made $ 2.3 billion (about S $ 3.1 billion), which has become a lifeline that maintains the North Korean system.
Bloomberg Commercial Weekly reported on the results of the US government and the United Nations Security Council on December 22 that the North Korean hacker forces not only provided the Kim Jong -un regime provided asynchronous development funds through cyber criminal activities, but also supported North Korea's economic development.North Korea has used cyber crimes to earn about $ 2.3 billion.
The American network security company "CrowDStrike" pointed out at the International Security Conference in December last year that North Korea, Russia, China and Iran are the "four giants" with outstanding cyber warfare capabilities.The National Intelligence Agency analyzed in a confidential report that the income obtained by hackers may be the source of funds developed by North Korea's nuclear weapons.
Last year, Internet crime yields accounted for 8%of the overall economy
The Ministry of National Defense in 2020 stated that more than 6,800 networks operated by North KoreaWarfare manpower, continuous research and development of the latest technologies, etc., in order to enhance the continuous efforts of network combat power.According to information from Bank of South Korea, North Korea's cyber crime yield last year accounted for 8%of the overall economy.
The US Cyberspace and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) analyzed that all banks around the world have become the targets of North Korean hackers.North Korea has even tried to steal Pfizer Pharmaceutical's coronary vaccine data.
Some reports say that North Korea is facing a serious economic crisis due to sanctions and epidemics. In this case, cybercrime has become a "lifeline" to maintain the Korean system.
Recently, the crown disease has further deteriorated the domestic economic situation in North Korea, and network attacks are even more rampant.To this end, in order to steal cryptocurrencies, North Korea used the malicious code called "Applejeus" to conduct malicious software attacks in 30 countries since 2018.
According to the survey of the association and the United States, the virtual currency funds stolen by North Korean hackers reached 316.4 million US dollars (about S $ 430 million).The funds earned by North Korea by exporting coal each year are about $ 400 million (about S $ 550 million). For this, the income from hackers is a large amount of funds.
South Korea, who was born in the north, said that North Korea ’s network capabilities will be further developed in the future, and the revenue earned in the next 10 years will increase.
(Reporter is the United Morning Post, Seoul Correspondent)
