Hackers breach and expose a major North Korean spying operation

Photo: Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo (not pictured) and Chairman Kim Jong Un (pictured) of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea attend a working lunch in Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on October 7, 2018. Photo credit: State Department photo by Ron Przysucha via Flickr. US government work. Article by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai. TechCrunch – August 12, 2025.

Hackers claim to have compromised the computer of a North Korean government hacker and leaked its contents online, offering a rare window into a hacking operation by the notoriously secretive nation. The two hackers, who go by Saber and cyb0rg, published a report about the breach in the latest issue of Phrack magazine, a legendary cybersecurity e-zine that was first published in 1985. […]

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