Kim Jong Un orders boost to North Korea's cyber warfare capabilities

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered an expansion of the Reconnaissance General Bureau's intelligence activities and a strengthening of its cyber warfare capabilities, Financial News reported. The bureau is an expanded and reorganized version of the former Reconnaissance General Bureau, which was known as a key agency for operations against South Korea. The U.S. government has identified the Reconnaissance General Bureau as the organization masterminding global hacking and cybercrimes, including cryptocurrency theft and the distribution of ransomware.