North Korean Hacking Group Attacks Israeli Defense Industry

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/world/middleeast/north-korea-hackers-israel.html

By Ronen Bergman and Nicole Perlroth
nytimes.com
Aug. 12, 2020

TEL AVIV -- Israel claimed Wednesday that it had thwarted a cyberattack by 
a North Korea-linked hacking group on its classified defense industry.

The Defense Ministry said the attack was deflected “in real time” and that 
there was no “harm or disruption” to its computer systems.

However, security researchers at ClearSky, the international cybersecurity 
firm that first exposed the attack, said the North Korean hackers 
penetrated the computer systems and were likely to have stolen a large 
amount of classified data. Israeli officials fear the data could be shared 
with North Korea’s ally, Iran.

The episode adds Israel to the list of countries and companies that have 
been targeted by North Korea’s hacking unit, known to private security 
analysts as the Lazarus Group. American and Israeli officials have said 
the Lazarus Group, also known as Hidden Cobra, is backed by Pyongyang.

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