North Korea’s state-run Uriminzokkiri outlet said Monday that hackers will not be able to evade severe punishment for their actions.

The South Korean government has recently taken a hit over the National Intelligence Service’s purchase of equipment from Italy’s Hacking Team, facing accusations that the hacking equipment was used against its own citizens. The North Korean media, however, picked up the story from a different angle.

“These (hacking tools) were purchased in January 2012, which was the election period; in other words, the current South Korean regime was using this to get rid of its political opponents,” the Uriminzokkiri article