UN report: Cybercrime finances North Korea WMD program

UN report: Cybercrime finances North Korea WMD program

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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/08/05/un-report-cybercrime-finances-north-korea-wmd-program/

UNITED NATIONS – North Korea has generated an estimated $2 billion for its weapons of mass destruction programs using “widespread and increasingly sophisticated” cyber attacks to steal from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday.

Pyongyang also “continued to enhance its nuclear and missile programs although it did not conduct a nuclear test or ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) launch,” said the report to the U.N. Security Council North Korea sanctions committee by independent experts monitoring compliance over six months.