FBI, Mandiant Designate Advanced North Korean Hackers Stealing Us Defense Secrets
FCW, Thursday, July 25th, 2024
The group - now known as APT45 - has targeted information stored in U.S. government nuclear facilities and research institutions, as well as missile systems, uranium processing and other R&D intel.
The FBI and Google-owned Mandiant are actively engaged in efforts to track down and thwart a sophisticated North Korean hacking group that's stealing U.S. intelligence and defense secrets.
The Pyongyang-backed entity was elevated to an Advanced Persistent Threat, a high level of classification used to designate hacking groups deemed skilled and resourceful enough to persistently infiltrate systems and steal data, the FBI and the cybersecurity firm said Thursday.