According to reports, the North Korean government reports a brand new hacking group inside the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) secret service.
Daily NKA news agency that focuses on North Korea, Registered last week That the brand new hacking unit called Research Center 227 will focus on research to develop “offensive hacking technologies and programs”, with a source cited inside the regime.
The source said that in line with the report, the Research Center 227 Western Cybersecurity systems and computer networks will examine and strengthen the functions of the regime to steal digital assets. Development of AI-based techniques for the theft of knowledge; And work to react to information from North Korean overseas hacking units.
In recent years it has been known that North Korean hackers are aiming on crypto exchanges and firms all over the world, which results in spectacular thefts akin to the most recent 1.4 billion-mill mill-hack from Bybit.
The US National Security Agency and the FBI have previously accused The North Korean RGB unit for hacking and espionage activities.
