North Korea tried to funnel some of that money through one infected bank in Southeast Asia, according to a researcher at FireEye. 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 findings , announced at the company 's Security Analyst Summit , suggest a Vietnamese bank was one of attacks ' earliest targets , while more recent attacks have been directed at African banks in Gabon and Cameroon . 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 findings , announced at the company 's Security Analyst Summit , suggest a Vietnamese bank was one of attacks ' earliest targets , while more recent attacks have been directed at African banks in Gabon and Cameroon . 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 .