Lee Jun-il, director common for Korean Peninsula coverage at Seoul’s overseas ministry, heart, speaks on the Ministry of Foregin Affairs headquarters in Jongno District, Seoul, June 28, 2023. Newsis
South Korean and U.S. diplomats highlighted shut cooperation in stopping North Korea from producing income by way of malicious cyber actions throughout their talks on cybersecurity Thursday, the State Division stated.
Lee Jun-il, director common for Korean Peninsula coverage at Seoul’s overseas ministry, and U.S. Deputy Particular Consultant for North Korea Seth Bailey led the seventh assembly of the South Korea-U.S. working group devoted to countering North Korea’s cyberthreats.
“The assembly underscored the continued shut collaboration between the U.S. and ROK governments to disrupt the DPRK’s potential to generate income by way of malicious cyber exercise, which it makes use of to fund its illegal WMD and ballistic missile packages,” the division stated in a media word.
ROK stands for South Korea’s official identify, the Republic of Korea. WMD is brief for weapons of mass destruction.
The division additionally pressured that Seoul and Washington are pursuing a “huge” vary of actions to stop and disrupt North Korea’s cryptocurrency heists, tackle its cyber espionage in opposition to the protection sector, cease third-party facilitators from enabling the North’s illicit income technology, and dismantle North Korean IT employee infrastructure and networks.
“The Working Group assembly additionally targeted on coordinated diplomatic outreach, data sharing and capability constructing for nations susceptible to the DPRK cyberthreat,” it stated.
The assembly, which ends Friday, included contributors from 15 U.S. and South Korean authorities departments, ministries and businesses, in accordance with the division. (Yonhap)
