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Compromise of Chinese drone manufacturer DJI

Date (as written)
December 2024
Year
2024
Country
China
Actors (as written)
TraderTraitor
Actor pages
TraderTraitor
Tags (as written)
espionage; drone research

Source entries (1)

Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) report, 22 Oct 2025

Compromise of Chinese drone manufacturer DJI · December 2024
(MSMT/2025/2, report p. 93) “North Korea does not restrict cyber operations from targeting friendly countries such as China. As recently as December 2024, TraderTraitor compromised the Chinese drone manufacturer DJI to obtain drone research related information.”
https://github.com/tayvano/lazarus-bluenoroff-research/blob/main/pdfs/2025-10-22_MSMT-Report.pdf

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