US, South Korea and Japan agree to respond to North Korea’s cyber threats

according to the report of the International Group Tasnim News Agency, Jake Sullivan White House National Security Adviser announced America, South Korea and Japan agreed to carry out new measures and initiatives aimed at responding to North Korea’s threats in cyberspace, including the misuse of cryptocurrencies and space launches.

Accordingly National security advisers of all three countries met in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, while Pyongyang warned that it will launch more satellites.

Sullivan added: This meeting follows the commitments announced by these countries in the tripartite meeting of Camp David to It was hosted by the United States in August, where the leaders of the United States and the leaders of its two other Asian allies, South Korea and Japan, agreed to deepen security and economic cooperation.

The White House National Security Adviser noted that we are considering new trilateral measures to counter North Korean threats. , threats in the field of cybercrimes and money laundering through cryptocurrencies to groundless space experiments and ballistic missile launches.

Sullivan emphasized that the coordinated efforts of these three countries target potential economic threats and the actions of warning systems It basically completes the supply chain that we agreed on at Camp David.

His Japanese counterpart also expressed that North Korea’s illegal cyber activities have been very challenging. as a source of investment for the development of nuclear missiles in this isolated country.

Sullivan stressed that all three countries should establish peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and freedom of navigation in the East Seas. and South China continue.

US President Joe Biden with South Korean President Yoon Seok-yul and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the camp David met to plan their unity in countering China’s growing power in the region and North Korea’s nuclear threats.

The US, South Korea and Japan have agreed to set up a high-level advisory group to counter North Korean cyber threats.

The purpose of setting up this advisory group is to strengthen Effective capabilities of the three countries against global cyber threats, including the joint fight against North Korea’s cyber actions, which are used as a key source of investment in nuclear and missile programs..

According to this report, the international observers of sanctions, North Korea Cyber ​​attacks have been accused of raising money for its country’s missile and nuclear programs, and a report from the United Nations has also indicated that Pyongyang has increased cryptocurrency theft last year and will use sophisticated techniques to steal these types of currencies in 2022. has used any other year.

While North Korea denies any allegations of hacking or conducting cyber attacks.

Not long ago, the South Korean police announced North Korea’s cyber attack on military exercises in Washington and Seoul.

According to reports, the hackers, which researchers call KimSuki, allegedly carried out their hack via email to South Korean contractors working in the South Korea-U.S.

South Korean police said in a statement: “It has been confirmed that information related to the military has been stolen.” North Korea has previously denied any role in the cyber attacks.

Meanwhile, Pyongyang on November 21 The first spy and reconnaissance satellite was successfully launched into the earth’s orbit from the Suhai space base .North Korea described this spy satellite as representing a “new era of space power” .

North Korea He claimed that he was able to obtain images of the White House and some sensitive American military sites using his new spy satellite.

North Korea’s official news agency also reported images of four US Navy aircraft carriers and a British aircraft carrier. Captured in images taken from above Virginia.

North Korean state news agency announced: Pyongyang is determined In the near future, it will launch more spy satellites to collect information about the military activities of its enemies, and these satellites will be modeled on the Maligyong-1 satellite that Pyongyang launched in November..

North Korea in a statement, any disruption in He called the country’s satellite activities as a declaration of war and said: In case of any attack on its strategic facilities, it will be necessary to use the country’s war deterrence power.

This statement specifically states that the US Attempts to violate the legitimate sovereignty of North Korea by illegally and unfairly arming the latest technologies.The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea takes countermeasures to defend itself if it destroys or affects the visibility of a spy satellite. will adopt.

According to this report, following the launch of a satellite by North Korea, the United States imposed new sanctions on this country. Washington also deployed foreign agents based in the country to facilitate the process of circumventing the sanctions in order to collect He accused Pyongyang of information and technology as well as displaying aircraft carriers capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

In addition, South Korea, 11 people and The entity associated with the launch of this satellite and the development of ballistic missiles in this country was blacklisted and banned from conducting any financial transactions.

North Korea has been under multiple UN sanctions since 2006 due to its nuclear and ballistic missile program. contract. These sanctions include banning the development and expansion of ballistic missiles. This technology was used to launch Pyongyang’s first spy satellite into Earth orbit last week and has been used to test dozens of ballistic missiles over the past 20 months. America has repeatedly warned that Pyongyang is ready to conduct its seventh nuclear test.

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