On Monday, the presidential office of South Korea made the announcement that the United States, South Korea, and Japan have reached an agreement to launch a high-level consultative group to combat North Korea's activities in cyberspace, which they say are used to finance its illegal weapons programs.
Last week in Washington, Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and Emerging Technologies for the United States of America, met with her South Korean and Japanese counterparts to discuss cybersecurity and other issues of mutual interest. Under the new framework, the President's Office reports that they have agreed to hold meetings at a frequency of once every three months.
"It is aimed at strengthening the three countries' effective response capabilities against global cyber threats, including jointly countering North Korea's cyber activities that are abused as a key source funding its nuclear and WMD programs," according to a statement released by the office.
The announcement comes after a meeting between the leaders of the three countries that took place in August at Camp David. At that meeting, the leaders agreed to form a new trilateral working group to address cyber threats emanating from the North.
A report from the United Nations claims that North Korea stole more cryptocurrency in 2022 than it ever had before by employing increasingly sophisticated methods of theft. Sanctions monitors have accused North Korea of using cyberattacks to raise money for its nuclear and missile programs. In addition, North Korea is accused of using cyberattacks to raise money for its nuclear and missile programs.
The allegations that North Korea was responsible for hacking and other forms of cyberattacks have been disproven.
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