North Korea’s internet connections to China and India come under scrutiny
New analysis of recent North Korean internet traffic reveals that the reclusive regime is most likely carrying out its cyber-operations via the networks of other countries across Asia, Oceania and Africa. The report released Tuesday by threat intelligence firm Recorded Future finds fast-growing internet usage in North Korea that in many ways mirrors what people do online elsewhere: North Koreans go on social media, stream video, play video games and shop. But “a near absence of malicious cyber activity” from within North Korea itself supports the longstanding assumption that Pyongyang conducts cyber-operations from outside its own borders, researchers concluded. Another key piece of evidence that Recorded Future found in the data, which was collected by the nonprofit Internet security research group Team Cymru: above-average activity from North Korea’s internet to notable points in a handful of foreign countries, including China and India. The data was gathered from April 1 to July 6 on internet address blocks believed to be used by […]
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