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North Korea says US-led cyber threat warnings are bid to smear its image

  • North Korea accused the United States and its allies of trying to tarnish its image following warnings about North Korean IT workers.
  • The US and ten Asian and European countries stated that North Korean IT workers use false identities to fund nuclear and missile programs.
  • These workers impersonate nationals from other countries on online platforms to earn money, which they send to North Korean government agencies.
  • A North Korean foreign ministry spokesperson dismissed the warnings as a political attack, criticizing the US for monopolizing cyber resources and using cyber threats to pressure sovereign states.
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North Korea accused the United States and its allies of trying "to protect the country's image, after they issued a warning about North Korean citizens working as computer scientists for foreign companies," the North Korean state press reported on Tuesday, AFP reports, according to Agerpres.

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North Korea has accused the United States and its allies of seeking to "tarnish the communist state's image" after they warned against hiring its IT workers, state media reported on Tuesday.

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North Korea Calls Joint Response to North Korean Cyber Threats by South Korea, the U.S., and Japan Slander North Korea reacted strongly to the recent warning issued by 11 countries, including South Korea, the U.S., and Japan, regarding North Korea's illegal procurement of foreign currency through its ICT personnel and its call for a response, calling it baseless slander. In a statement released on the 4th, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson [stated…

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Monday, August 3, 2026.
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