Trump pressed to put hacking on North Korean summit agenda
When President Donald Trump meets with Kim Jong Un in Singapore next month, he will have a perfect opportunity to confront the North Korean leader about his country’s aggressive hacking strategy and the emerging risk it poses to the United States.
But the summit's intense focus on North Korea’s nuclear ambitions may leave the cyber threat unaddressed, something some lawmakers say could be a missed opportunity.
Kim's isolated country has marshaled its limited resources to become a notable cyber power, launching online bank robberies, ransomware attacks and strikes such as the 2014 trashing of Sony Pictures. That makes North Korea one of the United States’ top digital adversaries, along with Russia, China and Iran — leading some experts to press the president to address it during the leaders' planned summit June 12.
“I hope it’s not just a summit to turn a blind eye to other malign activities of North Korea,” said Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), who chairs a subcommittee overseeing East Asia and international cybersecurity, and sponsored a 2016 law providing economic penalties for the regime’s online attacks. “I think you’ve got an opportunity to do some good things here.”
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