Many countries have incorporated offensive cyber operations into their overall geopolitical strategies, but North Korea was among the first nations to leverage its government hacking capabilities in the cybercrime arena.

Pyongyang uses it as an all-purpose sword to carry out a range of interconnected geopolitical and financial objectives.

North Korea is already cut off from most forms of international commerce by U.S. and global economic sanctions, so it have little to lose by engaging in aggressive offensive operations against other nations.

In the early 2000s, North Korean intelligence agencies like the Reconnaissance General Bureau « pioneered » the concept of destructive cyberattacks.

The country's innovation can even fool some cybersecurity experts..

2021 RSA Conference - What makes North Korean hacking groups more creative ?