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Attack on North Korea

North Korea's Reconaissance General Bureau

Date (as written)
2017-09-30
Victim country
Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
Actors (as written)
US Cyber Command (United States of America)
Tags
Disruptive; External Denial of Service; Sabotage
Source
CISSM Cyber Events Database (copy exported 21 Apr 2023, via github.com/holisticinfosec/CISSM-EDA)
U.S. government officials told the Washington Post that the United States had launched a denial of service campaign against North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country's intelligence agency.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-signed-presidential-directive-ordering-actions-to-pressure-north-korea/2017/09/30/97c6722a-a620-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html