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North Korea Is Using Cyberattacks To Finance Updates To Nuclear Program, UN Experts Say

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Dissent

Edith M. Lederer of AP reports:

North Korea has modernized its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by flaunting United Nations sanctions, using cyberattacks to help finance its programs and continuing to seek material and technology overseas for its arsenal, U.N. experts said.

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The panel said its investigations found that North Korean-linked cyber actors continued to conduct operations in 2020 against financial institutions and virtual currency exchange houses to generate money to support its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.

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