Threat actor nation
North Korea
34 scored AI-enabled operations attributed to North Korea
Overview
Written by the AIRE team.
Primary Threat Groups:
Strategic Objectives:
- Economic leverage. Generate revenue to support national priorities, including defense and strategic programs.
- Intelligence advantage. Gather political, technical, and economic information from global targets, enhancing situational awareness and decision-making.
- Global influence. Project power internationally, disrupt adversaries, and exploit opportunities with limited human resources.
- Operational resilience. Sustain adaptive and evasive campaigns, maintaining long-term access and strategic continuity.
AI capabilities
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Social Engineering26
Artifact Development17
Reconnaissance10
Intrusion, Evasion & Persistence3
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Most active actors
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Sophistication by quarter
Each dot is one operation attributed to North Korea; the dashed line follows the 90th percentile. Click a dot to see the incident.
Operations
34 in total, highest sophistication first.
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Only scored operations appear on this page; sub-incidents are counted under their parent campaign. Scores are from the run of 30 Oct 2026.