That explains it!
IP..
Usually in my world that means Intellectual Property i.e. in this case missile launch and control tech that is now compromised by the White Hats when the Chinese Space Station “splashed” into the ocean
They have got all of the necessary code etc to counter that which the CIA had been building in NK to use as a FF, same with some of the satellites they had put up to form a proprietary comms network private to all but special users. part of this was the launch “failure” of the ones that Zuck was trying to put up ostensibly for use over Africa
Boom again!