North Korea threatens ‘ruthless punishment’ after first-ever US-ROK cyber drills



News North Korea threatens ‘ruthless punishment’ after first-ever US-ROK cyber drills Pyongyang’s official news agency frames landmark exercise as part of US-led ‘war provocation moves’ to end Kim regime Joon Ha Park \| Shreyas Reddy January 29, 2024 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON U.S. troops at the Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command's cyber operations center \| Image: U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (Feb 5. 2020) North Korea condemned a landmark joint cyber exercise between the U.S. and South Korea as preparation for war and warned that any conflict would result in “ruthless punishment.” “This training, staged for the first time under the pretext of ‘beefing up the system for cyber cooperation,’ was aimed at getting familiar with cyber war,” the state-owned Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary Sunday. KCNA’s criticism follows the first-ever “Cyber Alliance” drills between the U.S. and South Korea, which concluded on Friday. The 12-day exercise sought to enhance the allies’ cyber capabilities and improve coordination in responding to © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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North Korea threatens ‘ruthless punishment’ after first-ever US-ROK cyber drills

Pyongyang’s official news agency frames landmark exercise as part of US-led ‘war provocation moves’ to end Kim regime

Joon Ha Park | Shreyas Reddy January 29, 2024

North Korea threatens ‘ruthless punishment’ after first-ever US-ROK cyber drills

U.S. troops at the Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command's cyber operations center | Image: U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (Feb 5. 2020)

North Korea condemned a landmark joint cyber exercise between the U.S. and South Korea as preparation for war and warned that any conflict would result in “ruthless punishment.”

“This training, staged for the first time under the pretext of ‘beefing up the system for cyber cooperation,’ was aimed at getting familiar with cyber war,” the state-owned Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary Sunday.

KCNA’s criticism follows the first-ever “Cyber Alliance” drills between the U.S. and South Korea, which concluded on Friday.

The 12-day exercise sought to enhance the allies’ cyber capabilities and improve coordination in responding to

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Shreyas Reddy is the Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. He previously worked as a researcher at BBC Monitoring, where his work focused on news and key people and organizations from the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Follow him on Twitter.

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