North Korea Has Hackers for Hire, Agencies Warn

NextGov: Officials and analysts have long associated cyberattacks for financial gain with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea—its economy struggles under the weight of international sanctions—but a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency advisory warns the regime also conducts attacks on other entities’ behalf.

“DPRK cyber actors have also been paid to hack websites and extort targets for third-party clients,” CISA wrote in an alert it issued Wednesday along with the FBI and the departments of State and Treasury.

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