SINGAPORE -- The U.S. estimates that North Korea earns roughly half of its foreign-currency income from cyberattacks, likely to provide a crucial source of funding for its weapons programs, a senior American official told Nikkei.
The threat posed by Pyongyang was among the main topics at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference that opened Friday in Singapore. Although North Korea failed in its attempt Wednesday to launch a spy satellite, it has indicated that it will try again soon without advance notice.
