Global Authorities Examine 58 Cyberattacks Linked to North Korea, Valued at $3 Billion

North Korean sanctions monitors have been investigating dozens of possible cyberattacks by the regime, which are believed to have raised $3 billion to fuel the state’s nuclear weapons program, according to excerpts released from an unpublished report by the UN. 

In the executive summary of a new report submitted to the United Nations Security Council obtained Friday by The Associated Press, a panel of experts stated that the number of cyberattacks by North Korean hacking groups that report to the Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea’s primary foreign intelligence organization, is continuing to be high. 

This report covers the period from July 2023 to January 2024, and it is based on contributions made by unidentified United Nations representatives. A report sent to the council of 15 nations, compiled from member nations and other sources, was sent in response to the high tensions in the region caused by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 

As a result, the United States, South Korea, and Japan have increased their combined military exercises in response to his threat to destroy South Korea if provoked and escalating weapons demonstrations. He threatened to annihilate South Korea if provoked by an escalation of weapons demonstrations. Amid the increased military and political tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the experts said North Korea “continued to flout (U.N.) sanction

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