North Korea's hacking group recently targeted about five people with the latest trick  

When Daniel DePetris, a foreign affairs expert based in the US, received an email from the 38 North think-tank in October asking him to write an article, he thought of it as a routine. , but it was not so.

North Korea's spy agency was actually behind sending it.

Three people associated with cyber security research have given this information.

Unlike what hackers usually do, this hacker instead of infecting the expert's computer and stealing sensitive data, the sender of this email posed as Jenny Towne, director of 38 North, seeking her views on North Korea's security issue. 

DePatris told Reuters, "I realized that it was not correct that when I contacted for questions, it was learned that there was no such demand. So I immediately guessed that this is a big campaign."  

The email is part of a previously unreported campaign by a North Korean hacking group.

Five people were targeted, according to cyber security experts, according to emails seen by Reuters. 

These hacking groups, which researchers call Thallium or Kimsuki, have long used phishing emails to steal passwords from their targets or plant viruses on their phones or laptops.

Now, however, it is seen that he is only trying to get the views of researchers and experts and write reports.  

According to Reuters, other issues raised included China's reaction to the new nuclear test and whether it was wrong to remain silent on North Korea's aggression.  

James Elliot of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center says - Attackers are getting a lot of success with this very simple method.

This new trick was first known in January.

Attackers have completely changed the way they operate." 


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