FBI Issues Joint Warning on Hackers Targeting Email Accounts

The FBI and several U.S. agencies issued a joint cybersecurity advisory that warned of state-backed hacks using emails in a way that makes them appear like legitimate and trusted organizations. In the joint statement, the FBI, U.S. Department of State, and National Security Agency (NSA) said that alleged North Korean-backed hackers linked to the communist country’s military intelligence agency, known as Kimsuky, have been using email authentication bypass to impersonate academics, journalists, and researchers. They are now attempting to “provide stolen data and valuable geopolitical insight to the North Korean regime by compromising policy analysts and other experts,” the bulletin said. “Successful compromises further enable Kimsuky actors to craft more credible and effective spear-phishing emails, which can then be leveraged against more sensitive, higher-value targets,” it said....