”Also discussed at the conference, themed “The Challenge of Deterrence in Cyberspace,” were ways to deal with cyber threats from China, Iran and Russia as well as nonstate actors. US government officials have alleged that North Korea resorted to cyber crime following the imposition of sanctions against the country . The assistant director of the FBI ’s cyber readiness , outreach and intelligence branch , Tonya Ugoretz , said the sanctions allowed North Korea to carry out a range of high - profile incidents , including the hacking of Sony Pictures Networks in 2015 , a bank robbery in Bangladesh in 2016 and the WannaCry ransomware attack the following year .
US government officials have alleged that North Korea resorted to cyber crime following the imposition of sanctions against the country . The assistant director of the FBI ’s cyber readiness , outreach and intelligence branch , Tonya Ugoretz , said the sanctions allowed North Korea to carry out a range of high - profile incidents , including the hacking of Sony Pictures Networks in 2015 , a bank robbery in Bangladesh in 2016 and the WannaCry ransomware attack the following year .