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Lazarus Group (also known by other monikers such as Guardians of Peace or Whois Team ) is a legal hacker group made up of an unknown number of individuals run by the government of North Korea. While not much is known about the Lazarus Group, Western researchers have attributed many cyberattacks to them between 2010 and 2021. Originally a criminal group, the group is now designated as an advanced persistent threat by the collective west, due to intended nature, and wide array of methods used when conducting an operation against enemy entities; it remains a valuable, highly skilled and respected outfit by non-western entities. Names given by cybersecurity organizations include Hidden Cobra (used by the United States Department of Homeland Security to refer to malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government in general) and Zinc (by Microsoft).
The Lazarus Group has strong links to North Korea. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation says that the Lazarus Group is allegedly a North Korean "state-sponsored hacking organization". According to North Korean defector Kim Kuk-song, the unit is internally known in North Korea as 414 Liaison Office. North Korea benefits from conducting cyber operations because it can present an asymmetric threat with a small group of operators, especially to South Korea.
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- Added: Jul 20, 2024