To Stem North Korea's Missiles Program, White House Looks To Its Hackers (politico.com) 19
The Biden administration has spent much of the last two years bracing key U.S. networks and infrastructure against crippling cyberattacks from Russia, Iran and China. But it is following a different playbook as it ramps up its efforts to thwart digital threats from North Korea: Follow the crypto -- and stop it. From a report: Convinced North Korea primarily sees hacking as a way to funnel money back to the cash-strapped Kim Jong Un regime, the White House has focused on blocking the country's ability to launder the cryptocurrency it steals through its cyberattacks. In the last year, the administration has unveiled a flurry of sanctions against North Korean hacking groups, front companies and IT workers, and blacklisted multiple cryptocurrency services they use to launder stolen funds. Earlier this month, national security adviser Jake Sullivan announced a new partnership with Japan and South Korea aimed at cracking down on Pyongyang's crypto bonanza -- thereby choking off money to its nuclear and conventional weapons programs.
"In countering North Korean cyber operations, our first priority has been focusing on their crypto heists," Anne Neuberger, the National Security Council's top cybersecurity official, said in an interview. The stepped-up effort to blunt North Korea's cyber operations is fueled by growing alarm about where the fruits of those attacks are going, Neuberger said. Hacking, she argued, has enabled North Korea to "either evade sanctions or evade the steps the international community has taken to target their weapons proliferation ... their missile regime, and the growth in the number of launches we've seen."
"In countering North Korean cyber operations, our first priority has been focusing on their crypto heists," Anne Neuberger, the National Security Council's top cybersecurity official, said in an interview. The stepped-up effort to blunt North Korea's cyber operations is fueled by growing alarm about where the fruits of those attacks are going, Neuberger said. Hacking, she argued, has enabled North Korea to "either evade sanctions or evade the steps the international community has taken to target their weapons proliferation ... their missile regime, and the growth in the number of launches we've seen."
Interview question.... (Score:1)
"Do you have kali installed on your home machine..?"
"What a shame..."
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You are an idiot. Trump is an idiot. Sounds like you 2 were meant for each other. Fuck republicans and democrats.
Send in the diplomats (Score:1)
Re: Send in the diplomats (Score:2)
Things got worse after well over 2 decades of attempts at appeasement. Perhaps China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, perhaps, they donâ(TM)t share your values, perhaps they donâ(TM)t care about others, democracy or other Western ideals and just giving in to them will not change their mind. Change in the West came from within, the Renaissance, the Reformation, the French, American and Industrial Revolution didnâ(TM)t happen because other nations were âniceâ(TM), quite the opposite, all t
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The strawman you had to create to argue against the idea that I said anything akin to "giving in" or "appeasement" is so dry it's not even flammable, it's pretty on fire already.
The US revolution surely may not have succeeded if the French were not so nice to us. The French revolution also had allies on both sides, neither conflict was purely "from within", how could they be? These were conflicts with international implications. It's overly simplistic to say it's just from "within",
Also with Iran in parti
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Deriding "giving in" or "appeasement" is the province of idiots.
There's a reason idiots like the GP poster aren't involved in actual foreign affairs. You make deals that make sense. The Iran nuclear deal was not going to last that long, it was a stopgap for both sides. It kind of made sense when written to keep Israel from doing naughty things. It would make close to zero sense now, the Iranians would already have broken it.
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The Iran nuclear deal was not going to last that long
It was a 10 year deal, nothing about it was supposed to be indefinite.
it was a stopgap for both sides.
Yes! It wasn't an actual peace treaty, it was a compromise. The whole idea was the cool the temperature down by opening a 10 year windows on nuclear weapons and use that time to reintegrate Iran into the world economy, at which point, hopefully, they'll be less inclined to seek the weapons because they have an actual economy and would not want to give that up.
the Iranians would already have broken it.
We can hypothesize but until it's cancellations it was understood that Iran was
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I wasn't shitting on Iran. Nations act in their self-interest, it wasn't in the self-interest of Iran to remain in that state endlessly. It was pre-nuclear breakout for them. The breakout needed to happen while the agreement was in place to avoid a preemptive strike.
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Famine (Score:2)
Can I blame Madeline Allbright's diplomacy tactics (Score:2)
Also do they know Franklin sells NK bonds?
Waiting for North Korea to fall (Score:2)
I recall seeing an interview with Michael Malice on YouTube where he predicted North Korea would fall in five year, what I don't recall is when that interview happened so I don't know if the clock ran out on that yet. For those not familiar with Michael Malice here's as good of an introduction as any, I guess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
North Korea has been on the edge of collapse for a very long time, and seeing them resort to hiring people to perform cryptocurrency scams, do whatever remote work th
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You underestimate the power of slavery. Just ask Amerika.
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Our propaganda about North Korea is as convoluted as the propaganda the NKs spew about us. There's no collapse underway. At least their propaganda is funnier.
How's that belief that Putin was under threat in Russia working out or that Ukraine was going to defeat Russia with their counteroffensive?
Wishful thinking is not a strategy.
US should learn (Score:2)