North Korea denounced the U.S. on Sunday for its persistent warnings of Pyongyang’s growing “cyber threat,” saying attempts at “confrontation” in the digital realm will lead to retaliation.

In a statement published by the state-owned Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesperson disputed the warnings given by “U.S. government organs, reptile media organs and plot-breeding organizations” about North Korea’s cyber activities.

“It is quite unreasonable for the U.S., which resorts to indiscriminate cyber attacks on other countries with the global IT infrastructure under its control, to describe itself as the ‘victim,’” the spokesperson said.

“This is nothing