Why was North Korea running a phantom cybersecurity startup in Malaysia?

Cut off from the rest of the world, North Korea may be the last country anybody would expect to produce a cybersecurity startup advertising products intended to compete on the global market. North Korea’s leadership, however, often turns expectations upside down. From the heart of the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur as well as the nearby financial center of Singapore, North Korean spies covertly ran a technology business that, until last year, publicly sold a wide array of products including iPhone apps, web development apps and even cybersecurity tools. Virtually nobody knew who really controlled the company until recently. Even today, nobody is entirely sure how it worked. Now, CyberScoop has learned that United Nations officials are currently looking into the business as part of larger inquiries into sanctions violations by North Korea. The now-defunct company, Adnet International, was one among a dynamic network of North Korean fronts in Malaysia, many of which were […]

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The UN Would Really Appreciate It if Countries Stopped Turning Off the Internet

The latest UN internet resolution makes internet access and freedom of expression online a human right, and a lot of countries aren’t happy about it. Continue reading The UN Would Really Appreciate It if Countries Stopped Turning Off the Internet