Un grupo de piratas inform\u00e1ticos norcoreanos est\u00e1 en el centro de un esfuerzo global de espionaje cibern\u00e9tico para robar informaci\u00f3n militar clasificada, anunci\u00f3 hoy el FBI en un extenso aviso junto con otras agencias del gobierno estadounidense y sus contrapartes internacionales.Seg\u00fan el comunicado de Estados Unidos, el Reino Unido y Corea del Sur, Andariel, un supuesto grupo cibern\u00e9tico patrocinado por el Estado norcoreano, ha atacado organizaciones de defensa, aeroespaciales, nucleares y de ingenier\u00eda para obtener informaci\u00f3n t\u00e9cnica e intelectual clasificada para “avanzar en los programas y ambiciones militares y nucleares del r\u00e9gimen”.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON \u2014 A group of\u00a0North Korean<\/a>\u00a0hackers is at the center of a global cyber espionage effort to steal classified military information, the\u00a0FBI<\/a>\u00a0announced in a\u00a0lengthy advisory today<\/a>\u00a0alongside other US government agencies and international counterparts.<\/p>\n According to the US-UK-South Korean advisory, Andariel, a purported North Korean state-sponsored cyber group, has targeted\u00a0defense, aerospace, nuclear and engineering organizations to gain classified technical and intellectual information to \u201cadvance the regime\u2019s military and nuclear programs and ambitions.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNorth Korea will continue to actively leverage cyber operations to further the strategic goals of the regime, whether that includes stealing and laundering cryptocurrency or conducting defense industrial espionage to advance their nuclear and conventional military capabilities,\u201d Jenny Jun, a research fellow on the CyberAI Project at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology who specializes in North Korean cyber capabilities, told Breaking Defense in an email.<\/p>\n According to the advisory, the group targeted defense and engineering firms\u2019 computer systems in attempts to gain access to contracts, design drawings, bills of materials and other engineering documents that would divulge information on a variety of systems. These included:<\/p>\n The advisory did not state which specific firms in which countries have been targeted, though previous\u00a0media reports<\/a>\u00a0have alleged that networks of South Korean defense companies have been breached. The US government\u00a0separately alleged<\/a>\u00a0several US defense firms and military bases had been targeted, including a \u201cUS-based defense contractor\u201d whose network was successfully breached in November 2022.<\/p>\n\n