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North Korea SAME_AS Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Jack identifies the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as the country established in North Korea in 1948.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 71 Details
“in 1948, they established the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK”
North Korean hacker groups TARGETS South Korea
Yeonmi says North Korean hacking attacks South Koreans and other countries.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Yeonmi Park EP 71 Details
“the cyber-hacking and attack they do on South Koreans”
Flash Drives for Freedom TARGETS North Korea
The campaign is intended to get information to people inside North Korea and influence their understanding of the outside world.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Alex Gladstein EP 71 Details
“Why don’t we try to help the people in North Korea?”
Yeonmi Park USES Titanic
Yeonmi says she secretly watched Titanic in North Korea and that it influenced her understanding of the outside world.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Yeonmi Park EP 71 Details
“my uncle got a copy of the movie Titanic”
Yeonmi Park USES Friends
Yeonmi says she learned English by repeatedly watching Friends.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Yeonmi Park EP 71 Details
“I actually literally learned my English through watching Friends”
North Korean hacker groups USES cyber-hacking
Yeonmi says North Korean hacker groups conduct cyber-hacking as a source of government revenue.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Yeonmi Park EP 71 Details
“the revenues the government gets now, is hacking, the cyber-hacking and attack they do on South Koreans”
Flash Drives for Freedom USES SD card
The information-smuggling effort also uses SD cards because they are small and easy to conceal.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 71 Details
“putting information on USB flash drives and sometimes SD cards”
Flash Drives for Freedom USES USB flash drive
The campaign collects and sends USB flash drives containing outside information into North Korea.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Alex Gladstein EP 71 Details
“we’ve raised enough support to be able to send in, at this point, more than 70,000 flash drives into North Korea”
Lazarus Group ASSOCIATED_WITH North Korea
Lazarus Group is described as a North Korean hacking group; the episode links it to the North Korean government.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 72 Details
“this North Korean hacking group the Lazarus Group”
Bangladesh Bank heist ATTRIBUTED_TO Lazarus Group
The episode says security researchers identified the hackers as the Lazarus Group, also known as APT38 and the Reconnaissance General Bureau.
Attributed Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 72 Details
“Security researchers dubbed this North Korean hacking group the Lazarus Group”
Bangladesh Bank heist ATTRIBUTED_TO North Korea
The US Department of Justice alleged that the conspiracy behind the Bangladesh Bank heist acted on behalf of the North Korean government.
Attributed Confidence 98% · Doj EP 72 Details
“a conspiracy that conducted sophisticated cyber-attacks around the world on behalf of the North Korean government”
Bangladesh Bank heist ATTRIBUTED_TO Park Jin Hyok
The DOJ complaint specifically charged Park Jin Hyok while alleging a wider conspiracy responsible for the Bangladesh Bank cyber-heist.
Attributed Confidence 90% · Doj EP 72 Details
“The criminal complaint unsealed today specifically charges Park Jin Hyok”
“the cyber-heist of Bangladesh Bank”
Bangladesh Bank heist COMPROMISES Bangladesh Bank
The hackers infiltrated Bangladesh Bank's network and carried out fraudulent transfers.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 72 Details
“the hackers entered the Bangladesh Bank network one more time”
Bangladesh Bank heist COMPROMISES SWIFT terminal
The attackers located and manipulated the computer terminal authorized to make SWIFT transfers.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Geoff White EP 72 Details
“find the computer that’s got SWIFT on it so that they can then manipulate that computer”
Bangladesh Bank heist INITIAL_ACCESS_VIA phishing
Initial access was obtained through phishing emails containing a purported job applicant's CV.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Geoff White EP 72 Details
“A few employees get the classic phishing e-mail; it’s a zip file that contains a CV”
Bangladesh Bank heist INVOLVES persistence
The attackers established persistence while mapping the bank's network and learning how to transfer money.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 72 Details
“moving around, establishing persistence, and learning about how to transfer money around”
Bangladesh Bank heist INVOLVES junket room
Chinese men working with the hackers used private junket rooms to gamble the stolen money.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 72 Details
“went into the casino, and requested a junket”
Bangladesh Bank heist INVOLVES network scanning
The attackers used software to scan and navigate across Bangladesh Bank's network.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Geoff White EP 72 Details
“the third piece of software was used to scan and navigate across the network”
Bangladesh Bank heist INVOLVES money laundering
Breaking the theft into many smaller transfers was described as a classic money-laundering technique.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Geoff White EP 72 Details
“This is classic money laundering technique.”
Bangladesh Bank heist INVOLVES New York Federal Reserve Bank
The New York Federal Reserve processed some fraudulent SWIFT requests and later helped stop or reverse additional transfers.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 72 Details
“The New York Federal Reserve approves the request”
Bangladesh Bank heist INVOLVES Midas Casino
Part of the stolen funds was sent to Midas Casino for laundering.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Geoff White EP 72 Details
“One’s called the Midas Casino and one’s called the Solaire Casino”
Bangladesh Bank heist INVOLVES spear phishing
The attackers launched a successful spear-phishing operation against Bangladesh Bank employees.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 72 Details
“They launched a successful spear phishing operation on Bangladesh Bank employees”
Bangladesh Bank heist INVOLVES SWIFT
The heist involved using SWIFT to issue fraudulent international payment instructions.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Geoff White EP 72 Details
“we’re gonna have to get to the SWIFT software and do a series of transfers using SWIFT”
Bangladesh Bank heist INVOLVES printer manipulation
The attackers hacked the bank printer so that transaction records appeared as blank pages.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 72 Details
“the thieves hacked the printer to make it print blank pages of transaction records”
Bangladesh Bank heist INVOLVES lateral movement
After compromising one computer, the attackers moved around the bank's network.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 72 Details
“From there they have to try to hop around to other computers in the network.”