Establish Consultative Group
Establish, according to South Korea’s presidential office on Monday, the US, South Korea, and Japan have decided to form a high-level consultation committee to address North Korea’s alleged use of cyberspace to finance its illicit weapons development.
Last week, in Washington, Anne Neuberger, the United States’ deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies, met with her counterparts from South Korea and Japan. According to the presidential administration, they decided to meet every quarter going forward under the revised structure. It aims to improve the three nations’ ability to quickly respond to cyberthreats from around the world, including collaboratively combating North Korea’s cyber operations, which are utilised as a major source of revenue for its nuclear and WMD programmes, according to a statement from the office.
The statement follows the leaders of the three nations’ agreement to form a new trilateral working group to address the North’s cyber threats during a meeting held in August at Camp David. According to a United Nations assessment, North Korea increased its cryptocurrency theft last year and utilised sophisticated ways to steal more in 2022 than any other year. Sanctions monitors have accused North Korea of conducting cyberattacks to raise money for its nuclear and missile programmes.
Allegations of hacking or other cyberattacks have been refuted by North Korea.