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Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
2007Possible 2007 attack targeting South KoreaLazarus Group
2009-077.7 DDoSUnited States, ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Korea, Republic of
2009 to 2012Operation TroyLazarus Group
2011-033.4 DDoSKorea, Republic of, ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
2013-033.20 Cyber TerrorKorea, Republic ofWHOis Team
2013Malicious gaming app infecting South Korean smartphonesNorth Korea
2014-12Sony Pictures EntertainmentUnited StatesLazarus
2014-12Korea Hydro and Nuclear PowerKorea, Republic ofKimsuky
2017-05WannaCry RansomwareZZZ, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation, ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan, ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France, ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Korea, Republic of, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany, ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil, ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United StatesLazarus
August 2019Targeting of retired South Korean diplomats, government and military officialsKimsuky
2021-01-25T23:59:00+00:00 (datePublished)Campaign targeting security researchers (fake research blog, Twitter profiles, Visual Studio projects)government-backed entity based in North Korea
November 2020CSIS entry 539
mid-March 2020โ€œSecurity alertโ€-themed spear-phishing of 28 individuals including 11 officials from six Security Council membersKimsuky advanced persistent threat group
2021-06Korea Atomic Energy Research InstituteKorea, Republic of
2021-01-05T17:00:00+00:00Retrohunting APT37: VBA self decode technique to inject RokRatAPT37
August 2023CSIS entry 201