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North Korea Linked to Digital Attacks on Global Banks
NY Times ^ | May 26, 2016 | NICOLE PERLROTH and MICHAEL CORKERY

Posted on 05/26/2016 6:45:16 PM PDT by Innovative

Security researchers have tied the recent spate of digital breaches on Asian banks to North Korea, in what they say appears to be the first known case of a nation using digital attacks for financial gain.

In three recent attacks on banks, researchers working for the digital security firm Symantec said, the thieves deployed a rare piece of code that had been seen in only two previous cases: the hacking attack at Sony Pictures in December 2014 and attacks on banks and media companies in South Korea in 2013. Government officials in the United States and South Korea have blamed those attacks on North Korea, though they have not provided independent verification.

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KEYWORDS: banking; banks; cyberattacks; finance; korea; nkorea
Not surprised.
1 posted on 05/26/2016 6:45:16 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ...

Time for another strongly-worded letter . . .

PING!


2 posted on 05/26/2016 6:55:10 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (0bama's insane rantings prove that power deludes, and absolute power deludes absolutely.)
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Might be “post of the day”...strongly worded!!


3 posted on 05/26/2016 6:59:15 PM PDT by 3D-JOY (Visit the FREEPATHON today!)
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The Banksters have chosen their scapegoat.


4 posted on 05/26/2016 7:13:30 PM PDT by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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Did we get rid of those neutron bombs?


5 posted on 05/26/2016 7:24:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Innovative

6 posted on 05/26/2016 7:30:18 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Apparently counterfeiting US currency on their government presses with good quality paper isn’t enough.


7 posted on 05/26/2016 7:40:43 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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Not surprised

I wonder what our country, or the West in general, is doing about it? We don't seem to hear much. I hope we are attacking them with great vigor. I just wonder.

8 posted on 05/26/2016 7:42:10 PM PDT by Mark17 (I traded my shackles for a glorious song. I'm free, praise the Lord, free at last.)
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One big crime family.


9 posted on 05/26/2016 9:53:03 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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