Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2023-10-31 00:00:00
Affected organization: South Korean Officials and Journalists
Affected country: Korea (the Republic of)
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: NGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau (Kimsuky)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
Description: The North Korean threat actors from Kimsuky are accused of impersonating South Korean officials and journalists in a plot to steal cryptocurrency for the North Korean regime.