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North Korea launches new unit with a focus on AI hacking, per report


North Korea is reportedly launching a new cybersecurity unit called Research Center 227 within its intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB).

The North Korean government is reportedly establishing a new hacking group within the intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). The source said, per the report, Research Center 227 will research Western cybersecurity systems and computer networks, strengthening the regime’s capabilities to steal digital assets, develop AI-based techniques for information theft, and will work to respond to information from North Korean overseas hacking units. The U.S. National Security Agency and the FBI have previously accused the North Korean RGB unit of hacking and espionage activities.

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