South Korea says DPRK hackers stole spy plane technical data (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
from BrikoX@lemmy.zip to cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works on 13 Aug 2024 08:32
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South Korea’s ruling party, People Power Party (PPP), claims that North Korean hackers have stolen crucial information about K2 tanks, the country’s main battle tank, as well as its “Baekdu” and “Geumgang” spy planes.

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Estiar@sh.itjust.works on 13 Aug 2024 09:45 collapse

North Korean hackers are no joke. They’re probably one of the best hacking groups in the world. They provide a lot of revenue to the government and they do very impressive espionage.

It’s important to note that even though they stole the plans, this doesn’t mean that they can build it. They don’t have the material science or manufacturing processes to build the planes. At most, they can come up with countermeasures or sell the PLAns to some other country