朝鮮峯會前繼續網絡攻擊行動

Even as it signals a willingness to give up its nuclear arms, North Korea is brandishing another well-known weapon in its arsenal: cyber.

Under heavy sanctions over its nuclear weapons program, the cash-starved government in Pyongyang has for many years used cyberattacks to steal money from banks and other institutions.

Those intrusions are continuing, primarily in Asia and Latin America, even as U.S. President Donald Trump says that a planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will proceed later this month, according to a U.S. cybersecurity firm that advises companies and government agencies that have been breached by hackers.

In recent years, U.S. officials have singled out North Korea among countries that pose growing cyber threats to the United States.

In 2014, suspected North Korean hackers launched a massive attack on Sony Pictures in retaliation for releasing a movie that depicted a fictional assassination plot on Kim.

In 2017, North Korea unleashed the ransomware known as WannaCry that disrupted businesses and government services around the world, including England's National Health Service.朝鮮雖然發出信號，表示願意放棄核武器，但是仍然在大肆使用另一個廣爲人知的武器：網絡攻擊。

朝鮮由於開發核武器而受到嚴厲制裁。多年以來，資金短缺的朝鮮一直利用網絡攻擊從銀行和其它金融機構盜取資金。

美國總統川普說，他與金正恩的峯會將在6月12號舉行。但是，一個向受到黑客攻擊的美國商業公司和政府部門提供諮詢的美國網絡安全公司說，朝鮮的黑客行動仍在進行，主要是在亞洲和拉丁美洲。

近年以來，美國官員說，朝鮮和其它一些國家對美國的網絡安全構成威脅。

2014年，懷疑爲朝鮮黑客的人攻擊了索尼影業公司，報復索尼公司出產的一部虛構金正恩受到刺殺的電影。

2017年，朝鮮用“想哭”(WannaCry)勒索軟件發動網絡攻擊，癱瘓了全世界很多公司和政府部門的運作，包括英國的國民醫療服務。