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North Korea denies involvement in UN Panel of Experts hack

PoE has previously claimed to have been subject to multiple "sophisticated" cyber attacks

The North Korean mission to the United Nations issued a press release on Wednesday denying the country’s involvement in a hacking campaign against a UN Panel of Experts (PoE) tasked with monitoring DPRK sanctions enforcement and evasion.

The PoE has included references in its last two reports on the persistent hacking campaign against it, however, it has not credited North Korea with the attacks.

“The Panel continues to be targeted by a sophisticated hacking campaign, first noted in its 2017 midterm report. While this campaign has continued up through the time of writing, the Panel is investigating another attack,” the panel’s