February 11, 2024 at 03:21PM
The U.N. experts are investigating 58 North Korean cyberattacks valued at $3 billion between 2017-2023, with funds allegedly used for weapons development. North Korea’s high volume of cyberattacks continues, with increasing military tensions in the region. The country has flouted U.N. sanctions, expanded its nuclear weapons program, and engaged in illicit financial operations.
Key takeaways from the meeting notes are:
– U.N. experts are investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks between 2017 and 2023, valued at approximately $3 billion, used to fund weapons of mass destruction development.
– North Korean hacking groups, reporting to the Reconnaissance General Bureau, are continuing high volume cyberattacks.
– North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has raised tensions in the region, threatening to annihilate South Korea if provoked and escalating weapons demonstrations.
– The United States, South Korea, and Japan have strengthened their combined military exercises in response.
– North Korea is flouting U.N. sanctions, developing nuclear weapons, and producing nuclear fissile materials.
– North Korea’s nuclear test site activities have continued, and it may be preparing for its seventh nuclear test.
– North Korea’s accessing of the international financial system and engaging in illicit financial operations is a sanctions violation.
These are the key points highlighted in the meeting notes.