{"id":39085,"date":"2018-12-31T16:13:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T07:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=39085"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:22:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:22:04","slug":"suspected-north-korean-hacker-group-accessed-daily-nk-biweekly-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/suspected-north-korean-hacker-group-accessed-daily-nk-biweekly-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected North Korean hacker group accessed Daily NK biweekly in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39086\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ubcf4\ud1b5\uac15\uad6c\uc5ed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ubcf4\ud1b5\uac15\uad6c\uc5ed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ubcf4\ud1b5\uac15\uad6c\uc5ed.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ubcf4\ud1b5\uac15\uad6c\uc5ed-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ubcf4\ud1b5\uac15\uad6c\uc5ed-768x613.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ubcf4\ud1b5\uac15\uad6c\uc5ed-696x555.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ubcf4\ud1b5\uac15\uad6c\uc5ed-526x420.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Satellite imagery of Pyongyang&#8217;s Ryugyong-dong,\u00a0Pottangang District. Image: Google Earth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Google Analytics report for Korean language traffic has revealed that dozens of site visits were made to Daily NK\u2019s homepage by users with North Korean IP addresses in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>At least ten of these visitors connected through a Pyongyang-based IP address in the city&#8217;s Ryugyong-dong,\u00a0Pottangang District using a net.kp domain. Kp is North Korea\u2019s country code top-level domain, or ccTLD.<\/p>\n<p>The Pyongyang-based users share the same IP address with the hacker group Kumsong 121 and selected Korean as their language preference. They primarily accessed Korean language versions of articles focusing on the North\u2019s cyber threats, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-elite-youth-sought-fo\/\">Mangyongdae Revolutionary Academy\u2019s \u201chackers\u201d program to recruit the country\u2019s next generation of foreign agents<\/a> and hacking attempts directed against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/suspected-north-korean-hackers-attack-human-rights-organizations\/\">Unification Media Group<\/a> and identification of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%E5%8C%97-%EC%B6%94%EC%A0%95-%ED%95%B4%EC%BB%A4%EA%B7%B8%EB%A3%B9-%EA%B8%88%EC%84%B1121-%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%A9-ip%EC%A3%BC%EC%86%8C%EB%8A%94-%ED%8F%89%EC%96%91%EC%8B%9C-%EB%A5%98\/\">hacker group\u2019s IP address<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39088\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ucea1\ucc982.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39088\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ucea1\ucc982.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ucea1\ucc982.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ucea1\ucc982-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ucea1\ucc982-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ucea1\ucc982-696x377.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ucea1\ucc982-776x420.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pyongyang-based users had Korean language set as their language preference. Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is also possible that other users are accessing Daily NK using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) within North Korea to appear as if the connections are coming from other countries listed in the Google Analytics report. VPNs can also be used to make it appear as if web users are based in North Korea, when in fact they aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, a number of visitors appearing to be from North Korea read various opinion pieces about the summits and denuclearization as well as articles focusing on Kim Jong Un, the Wonsan-Kalma marine tourist zone, and North Korea\u2019s young homeless population known as kkotjebi.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39087\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39087\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ucea1\ucc98-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39087\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ucea1\ucc98-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ucea1\ucc98-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ucea1\ucc98-1-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ucea1\ucc98-1-768x171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ucea1\ucc98-1-696x155.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of some of the articles accessed by the Ryugyong-dong IP address. Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Daily NK was accessed directly, via Facebook, and via Google searches for Daily NK\u2019s website address, suggesting familiarity with these tools and the publication itself.<\/p>\n<p>All site visitors used desktop computers with the Google Chrome internet browser to access Daily NK\u2019s site with versions 7, 8.1, and 10 Windows operating systems.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39089\" style=\"width: 1919px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucef4\ud4e8\ud130-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39089 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucef4\ud4e8\ud130-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucef4\ud4e8\ud130-1.jpg 1919w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucef4\ud4e8\ud130-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucef4\ud4e8\ud130-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucef4\ud4e8\ud130-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucef4\ud4e8\ud130-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucef4\ud4e8\ud130-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucef4\ud4e8\ud130-1-746x420.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1919px) 100vw, 1919px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sokwang website promotional video showing the Chrome browser being used to access\u00a0North Korea&#8217;s Pyongyang Department Store No. 1 online store. Image: Sokwang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Google Analytics report for Korean language traffic has revealed that dozens of site visits were made to Daily NK\u2019s homepage by users with North Korean IP addresses in 2018. At least ten of these visitors connected through a Pyongyang-based IP address in the city&#8217;s Ryugyong-dong,\u00a0Pottangang District using a net.kp domain. 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