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Attack on North Korea

Targeting North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau

Date (as written)
Sep 2017
Victim country
North Korea
Actors (as written)
(sponsor: United States)
Tags
Denial of service; Government
Source
CFR Cyber Operations Tracker
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.cfr.org/cyber-operations/targeting-north-koreas-reconnaissance-general-bureau
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
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/as-us-launches-ddos-attacks-n-korea-gets-more-bandwidth-from-russia/