The Lazarus Group: Review and Scenarios for North Korea’s Flagship Cyber Force

While diplomats debate sanctions and military leaders track missile tests, North Korea has quietly built one of the world's most sophisticated cybercriminal operations: an army of hackers whose digital heists have fundamentally altered the economics of authoritarian survival. A new Wikistrat report explores the elaborate deception campaigns and international networks, and reveals how cybercrime has evolved from nuisance to national strategy, creating a new axis of power that challenges traditional notions of economic warfare

The report was written by researchers Elham Makdoum and Hérica Stang as part of their internship program.

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Lazarus Group_ Wikistrat_18092025.pdf

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