North Korea's Hacking Groups Explained: Lazarus, Kimsuky and More

North Korea's Hacking Groups Explained: Lazarus, Kimsuky and More

This guide brings together and replaces our earlier news posts on North Korean state hacking groups, rewritten and expanded in October 2026 as a sourced reference. Few countries use hacking as openly as a tool of state as North Korea does. Its operators steal money to fund a heavily sanctioned government, spy on diplomats and researchers, and go after defense and technology secrets. In 2021, the U.S. Justice Department charged three North Korean…