Hackers espionaram agência do governo dos EUA com conteúdo relacionado à Coréia do Norte no ano passado

Hackers espionaram agência do governo dos EUA com conteúdo relacionado à Coréia do Norte no ano passado: In the second half of 2019, a U.S. government agency was targeted by repeated spearphishing attempts that could be from a mysterious group that has evaded attribution for years, according to new research issued Thursday by security firm Palo Alto Networks. The campaign, waged between July and October of 2019, targeted one U.S. government agency, which researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 do not identify, as well as two unnamed foreign nationals who are “professionally affiliated with” North Korea. The contents of the emails, which were sent with malicious files attached, touched on North Korean geopolitical topics, such as the possibility of a dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang or Russian-North Korean trade issues. Unit 42’s report does not say whether the spearphishing campaign was successful. The suspected hacking group — which Unit 42 and researchers from Cisco Talos have detailed in previous research — is known to target entities and individuals “who have interest in, are …

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