{"id":23135,"date":"2017-05-25T11:53:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T11:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2017\/05\/25\/quit-blaming-north-korea-for-everything-commentary\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:07:43","slug":"quit-blaming-north-korea-for-everything-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2017\/05\/25\/quit-blaming-north-korea-for-everything-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Quit blaming North Korea for everything [Commentary]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If there is a sophisticated and creative cyber crime occurring, law enforcement is likely to blame North Korea. Just look at the recent WannaCry ransomware scheme, the <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bankinfosecurity.com\/bangladeshi-bank-hackers-steal-100m-a-8958\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">$100 million Bangladesh Bank heist<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> in 2016, or the 2014 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0%2C2817%2C2473147%2C00.asp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sony Pictures hack<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These crimes are so high-end, though, that it&#8217;s impossible to imagine the North Koreans\u2014who do not have robust access to the internet or a serious hacking culture\u2014could accomplish any of this. Yet, they are to blame, according to news headlines.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A May 23 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-40010996\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BBC News headline<\/a>, for example, said there was &#8220;more evidence&#8221; of a link between WannaCry and North Korea, citing Symantec and a group known as the Lazarus Group, which was blamed for the Sony and Bangladesh Bank hacks.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the BBC also notes that &#8220;Symantec added that the character of the attack suggested it had not been carried out on behalf of North Korea. Rather than being a nation-state campaign, it said, it looked more like a &#8216;typical&#8217; cyber-crime campaign that sought to enrich its operators.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Really? Then what&#8217;s with the headline? In a police state like North Korea, can a rogue hacking operation like this exist?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another story <a href=\"http:\/\/bgr.com\/2017\/05\/23\/wannacry-ransomware-windows-virus-origin\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> North Korean hackers were &#8220;highly likely&#8221; to have carried out WannaCry. It too, however, noted that &#8220;the WannaCry attack may not be orchestrated by the North Korean government&#8221; and that &#8220;hackers may have acted on their own for financial gains.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In terms of the SWIFT heist, hackers were <a href=\"http:\/\/baesystemsai.blogspot.co.uk\/2016\/04\/two-bytes-to-951m.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">attempting to steal<\/a> a cool billion from the Bangladesh Bank and funnel it through outlets in Sri Lanka (where most of it was recovered) and some Philippine casinos (where it was successfully taken). At least $81 million in the funds has been tracked by investigators. It remains one of the most successful heists in history.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has the earmarks of the organized crime networks of Eastern Europe; Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria immediately come to mind. The name itself has Orthodox Christian connotations. Lazarus Group? Why would a North Korean hacking group use such a name? It&#8217;s ridiculous.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The more conspiratorial readers might want to blame the American, British, or even Russian intelligence operations, but this makes little sense. The Bangladesh Bank was known for being the bank of the poor, so it would be bad form to rob them. And using a Philippine casino as a go-between sounds more like organized crime to me. It&#8217;s all about the milieu. How do the insular North Koreans figure this out? They are not in this kind of casino life. They have nothing to do with . ..anything.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are behing the North Korea finger pointing, however. Instead of actually tracing the source, we blame the hermit kingdom. So if these hackers target your machine for some ransomware demand, too bad for you. You are on your own. 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