FBI to private industry: Attribution won’t deter North Korean hacking - Cyberscoop

FBI to private industry: Attribution won’t deter North Korean hacking - Cyberscoop: The FBI has told American companies that North Korean government hackers will continue to target financial institutions worldwide despite the U.S. government’s public attribution of such activity to Pyongyang. The targeting “will continue unabated, regardless of the U.S. government public attribution of North Korea,” the FBI’s cyber division said in an industry advisory dated Oct. 25 and obtained by CyberScoop. “North Korean cyber activities remain a concern based on its historical patterns of behavior,” the notice says. In conceding that attribution will not change North Korea’s calculus in cyberspace, the FBI is reiterating what is widely recognized in the cybersecurity industry: that Kim Jong Un’s regime is too brazen to care about being called out for its hacking. In September, the DOJ announced charges against North Korean spy Park Jin Hyok for his alleged role in the destructive 2014 cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment and the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack. …

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