The United Nations is set to announce an investigation into North Korea-sponsored cyberattacks against cryptocurrency companies that potentially netted around $3 billion to fund the country’s illicit nuclear program.
An advance copy of the investigation report, provided to Reuters, says United Nations investigators are examining 58 specific cyberattacks believed to have been conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to circumvent international sanctions against the country’s authoritarian regime. village.
“The commission is investigating 58 suspects Cyber attacks in the DPRK on cryptocurrency-related companies between 2017 and 2023, worth approximately $3 billion, which reportedly help finance the DPRK’s development of weapons of mass destruction (WMD),” according to the next report.
The DPRK was subjected to harsh measures UN Security Council sanctions since 2006 for its “nuclear and missile activities”, according to the UN.
The full U.N. report will be released in the coming weeks, Reuters sources said, and will include new trends in North Korean state-sponsored hacking, including an increase collaboration between threat groupstargeting the defense sector and supply chains.