A group of North Korean hackers who have previously targeted the US appear to have ceased their attacks on the country's industrial sector. The group, Covellite, is believed to have been behind a series of attacks last year in which customers of US utilities were targeted with phishing emails containing remote access tools to gather data. Dubbed Reaper, security researchers from FireEye say the APT primarily focuses on South Korea but has also been connected to attacks against Japan, Vietnam, and the Middle East. In an interview with Reuters, Kim Jong-un, leader of North Korea, said that his country was not seeking nuclear weapons and would never use them.
A group of North Korean hackers who have previously targeted the US appear to have ceased their attacks on the country's industrial sector. The group, Covellite, is believed to have been behind a series of attacks last year in which customers of US utilities were targeted with phishing emails containing remote access tools to gather data. In an interview with Reuters, Kim Jong-un, leader of North Korea, said that his country was not seeking nuclear weapons and would never use them.