North Korean hackers' evolution on display in US case

Extensive legwork employed to gain trust before attacks unleashed

North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, which is said to have a team of 6,800 hackers, is considered to be one of the globe's five cyberespionage powers, along with the U.S., Russia, China and Israel.

MOMOKO KIDERA and RYOTARO SATO, Nikkei staff writers

September 11, 2018 14:10 JST

TOKYO -- Materials from the U.S. Justice Department's charges on Sept. 6 against a North Korean hacker show that the impoverished state is finding ever-craftier ways to carry out the cyberattacks it increasingly depends on to stay afloat.