Microsoft: Sues North Korean Firm For Cybertheft
- Microsoft is suing a mysterious North Korean hacking group called Thallium for allegedly stealing sensitive information
- The suit targets two unnamed people who Microsoft claims work for Thallium
- Those individuals engaged in a cybertheft operation that targeted high-value computer networks
- The hacking reportedly targeted groups and also networks that contained information on nuclear proliferation and human rights
- Hackers may have also used information from targets’ social media pages to make their fake emails look particularly convincing
- Thallium has been active since 2010, and that the hacking group poses a threat “today and into the future
