Wired says North Korean hacking campaign hit 1,640 companies across 57 countries

A security researcher who spent nearly two years inside systems tied to a North Korean hacking group has issued a warning about the scale and effectiveness of attacks aimed at individual employees and contractors, according to Wired. The researcher said those tactics have proved highly effective and have reached organizations around the world. Greek cybersecurity researcher Vangelis Stykas said that since gaining access to the North Korean systems 22 months ago, he has found evidence showing that 1,640 companies in 57 countries were affected by North Korean hacking operations. Of those affected organizations, about 700 to 800 suffered what he described as "highly destructive" breaches. The report, cited by ChainCatcher, points to broad global exposure tied to these operations and highlights how employee- and contractor-focused intrusion methods can scale across many organizations.