North Korea launches new unit with a focus on AI hacking, per report | TechCrunch

North Korea launches new unit with a focus on AI hacking, per report | TechCrunch

The North Korean government is reportedly establishing a new hacking group within the intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). 

Daily NK, a news outlet that focuses on North Korea, reported last week that the new hacking unit, called Research Center 227, will focus on research to develop “offensive hacking technologies and programs,” citing a source inside the regime.

The source said, per the report, Research Center 227 will research Western cybersecurity…

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