Increased More talk is being heard around Washington about sanctions against North Korea. The chatter has increased as reports continue to surface about its North Korea’s increaseing in cyberattacks against South Korean targets.
Historically North Korea’s cyber capabilities have been underestimated by many. All of those gGeneral opinions changed when North Korea was found to be behind a series of cyberattacks against Sony Pictures Entertainment over the movie “The Interview,” a political satire. Since then, intelligence suggests that North Korea has undertaken actions to further improve its cyberattack cyber capabilities. Recent analysis suggests that North Korean Bureau 121, their military’s cyberwarfare agency, has grown to more than 6,000 sophisticated cyber warriors.
A recent report claims that North Korea said South Korea’s actions had brought the peninsula to the brink of war. Just recently, wWarnings recently began to filter out from South Korea’s intelligence community indicating that North Korea is planning to launch terrorist attacks, and aggressive cyberattack campaigns are likely to accompany the acts of aggression.
There are also increasing concerns that But politicians such as Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner — who devoted a GOP weekly address to the topic — say that North Korea poses many threats to the U.S. One growing concern is whether North Korea has — or will soon have — the ability to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon that could impact the western part of the United States.
Talk on the street is one thing but that is being accompanied by a recent GOP address by Colorado Sen.ator Cory Gardner. In addition, In response, President Barack Obama Feb. 18 signed into law the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act. It imposes mandatory sanctions on individuals who support or contribute to North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, its malicious cyberattacks, the regime’s attacks on human rights abuses, and censorship activities.
A recent report claims that North Korea said South Korea’s actions had brought the peninsula to the brink of war. Just recently, warnings began to filter out from South Korea’s intelligence community that states North Korea is planning to launch terrorist attacks and aggressive cyberattack campaigns are likely to accompany the acts of aggression.
Historically North Korea’s cyber capabilities have been underestimated by many. All of those general opinions changed when North Korea was found to be behind a series of cyberattacks against Sony Pictures Entertainment all over the movie, “The Interview.” Since then, intelligence suggests that North Korea’s has undertaken actions to improve its cyberattackcapabilities. Recent analysis suggests that North Korean Bureau 121 has grown to over 6,000 sophisticated cyber warriors. There are also increasing concerns that North Korea now has or will soon have the ability to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon that could impact the western part of the United States.
The latest sanctions raise some serious questions. Will North Korea retaliate? They already did against South Korea, but will Would it they target the United States?
