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Attacks on North Korea

Kept apart from the main list on purpose: these are attacks on North Korea, not by it.

Date (as written)IncidentSource
January 2022CSIS entry 388CSIS Significant Cyber Incidents
July 2020CSIS entry 605CSIS Significant Cyber Incidents
March 2020CSIS entry 640CSIS Significant Cyber Incidents
September 2017CSIS entry 899CSIS Significant Cyber Incidents
June 2015CSIS entry 1009CSIS Significant Cyber Incidents
March 2013CSIS entry 1079CSIS Significant Cyber Incidents
01.12.2022Unknown actors spread XorDDoS Trojan to build botnet spanning 21 countries beginning December 2022EuRepoC
01.01.2019DarkHotel vs. PRKEuRepoC
01.03.2017US DDoS towards North KoreanEuRepoC
04.04.2013Anonymous vs. North KoreaEuRepoC
13.03.2013Anti-NK DDOSEuRepoC
01.01.2007Darkhotel APTEuRepoC
3/1/2010NK StuxnetDyadic Cyber Incident Dataset v2
11/10/2015US Left of LaunchDyadic Cyber Incident Dataset v2
1/1/2008Boxing Rumble_BDyadic Cyber Incident Dataset v2
1/1/2008Dark Hotel_ADyadic Cyber Incident Dataset v2
1/4/2011Anti-KimDyadic Cyber Incident Dataset v2
2022-01-26North Korea's InternetCISSM Cyber Events Database (copy exported 21 Apr 2023, via github.com/holisticinfosec/CISSM-EDA)
2017-11-09North Korean Radio station on 6400kHzCISSM Cyber Events Database (copy exported 21 Apr 2023, via github.com/holisticinfosec/CISSM-EDA)
2017-09-30North Korea's Reconaissance General BureauCISSM Cyber Events Database (copy exported 21 Apr 2023, via github.com/holisticinfosec/CISSM-EDA)
Mar 2017Compromise the North Korean nuclear programCFR Cyber Operations Tracker
Sep 2017Targeting North Korea’s Reconnaissance General BureauCFR Cyber Operations Tracker
2022년 상반기ATTACK ON NORTH KOREA: North Korean websites and internet knocked offline, January 2022 (suspected DDoS; a US researcher claims it)KISA cyber threat trend report, 2022 H1 (2022년 상반기 사이버 위협 동향 보고서)