#bureau121

Bureau 121, ( associated names Dark Seoul, Guardians of Peace) according to defectors, is one of six divisions of North Korea’s General Bureau of Reconnaissance that is charged with cyber-intelligence operations. The bureau was created in 1998 and it consists of ~1800 handpicked hackers who are allegedly the “most talented and rewarded personnel within the North Korean military” according to a Reuters interview with a defector known as Jang Se-yul. Students are recruited directly from the University of Automation and paid relatively significant sums.North Korea uses cyber-warfare as a cost effective intelligence branch of their military. Many in North Korea see cyber-warfare as their strongest weapon. Bureau 121 most frequently targets South Korea, Japan, and the United States. Bureau 121 targets financial institutions and media companies. In one March 2014 attack, 30,000 South Korean servers associated with banking and media broadcasting outlets were damaged

Bureau 121, ( associated names Dark Seoul, Guardians of Peace) according to defectors, is one of six divisions of North Korea’s General Bureau of Reconnaissance that is charged with cyber-intelligence operations. The bureau was created in 1998 and it consists of ~1800 handpicked hackers who are allegedly the “most talented and rewarded personnel within the North Korean military” according to a Reuters interview with a defector known as Jang Se-yul. Students are recruited directly from the University of Automation and paid relatively significant sums.North Korea uses cyber-warfare as a cost effective intelligence branch of their military. Many in North Korea see cyber-warfare as their strongest weapon. Bureau 121 most frequently targets South Korea, Japan, and the United States.