North Korea's Lazarus hacking operation has deliberately targeted global banks to advance the development of the country's nuclear weapons, according to Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. Clues in both cases pointed to Lazarus. The company said in a report published Thursday that it had identified three separate attacks on Western financial institutions and organizations over several months as part of its investigation into the Lazarus hack. The aggressive hacking coincides with an effort by the United Nations to exclude North Korea from the global financial system to curtail its nuclear programme.
North Korea's Lazarus hacking operation has deliberately targeted global banks to advance the development of the country's nuclear weapons, according to Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. The company said in a report published Thursday that it had identified three separate attacks on Western financial institutions and organizations over several months as part of its investigation into the Lazarus hack. The aggressive hacking coincides with an effort by the United Nations to exclude North Korea from the global financial system to curtail its nuclear programme.