North Korea
The RaidForums, Illegal ‘Club Penguin’ Servers, and the Blockchain in the DPRK
This week on ‘Cyber,’ it’s a roundup of all the weirdest and wildest hacking stories from the past week.
US Adds Axie Infinity Hacker to North Korea Sanctions List
The hackers stole $624 million from the game’s Ronin Network bridge in one of the largest crypto hacks of all time.
North Korea Is Demolishing a Golf Course Owned by the South
Dismantling the $41-million resort that was once a sweet spot between the Koreas would chip away at what little hope remains of their reconciliation.
North Korea Faked Its Launch of a Powerful New Missile, South Says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un might have tried to pull a switcheroo in front of the world.
North Korea Posts Absurd Sizzle Reel of New ICBM
The DPRK claims it successfully launched a Hwasong-17 from a mobile launcher.
Why North Korea Won’t Give Up Its Nuclear Weapons
North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un’s regime has conducted missile tests almost every week since the start of 2022.
North Korea Is Pissed After Pakistani Police Raided Its Embassy Over Bootlegging Suspicions
Local media reported that police in the Pakistani capital acted on a tip that the mission was keeping a “huge quantity of liquor.”
North Korean Hackers Impersonate Major Crypto Investment Firm to Scam Startups
The hackers impersonated big names in crypto such as the Digital Currency Group in a months-long and carefully planned campaign.
North Korea Says Its Hypersonic Missile 'Precisely' Hit Target
In its first launch of the year, North Korea said it had tested the sophisticated weapon, one that could increase its ability to evade defenses.
Watch North Korean Soldiers Smash Bricks With Their Faces to Impress Kim Jong Un
An intense propaganda event aired on state TV shows topless North Korean military personnel beating each other with sticks and hammers, while Kim Jong Un and his sister Kim Yo Jong look on.
North Korea’s Passport Is Apparently More Powerful Than These Countries
The totalitarian kingdom has some flex over some countries in South Asia.
North Korea, Too, Has Something To Say About ‘Squid Game’
K-dramas are banned in North Korea, but that doesn’t mean the country has no opinion about the hit Netflix show.