North Korean Hackers Breach Russia’s Top Missile Maker’s Data

Reuters reported on Tuesday about a North Korea-based elite hacker group that is in a bid to steal technology by covertly breaching the computer networks of a Russian missile developer giant. Apparently, the hackers have been running the campaign for nearly five months in 2022. 

The North Korean cyberespionage group has targeted Mashinostroyeniya, a rocket design based in Reutov, Moscow. The hackers group, code-named ScarCruft and Lazarus installed covert digital backdoors into the system at NPO Mashinostroyeniya and was located by Reuters’ James Pearson and Christopher Bing.

However, it has not been made clear as to what data was acquired in the breach. In the following month, the digital break-in Pyongyang introduced several new developments in its banned ballistic missile program, while is not clear if this was in any regards to the breach.

Moreover, no official confirmation has been provided of the espionage by NPO Mashinostroyeniya officials.

About the Targeted Company

The company, commonly known as NPO Mash, specialized in developing hypersonic missiles, satellite technologies and new-generation ballistic armaments. The company was prominent in the Cold War as a premier satellite maker for Russia’s space program and as a provider of cruise missiles.

According to experts, the hackers garnered interest in the company after it underlined its mis

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