Abstract
During the Cold War era, countries with asymmetrical relationships often demonstrated how lower-tier nation states required the alliance and support from top-tier nation states. This statement no longer stands true as country such as North Korea has exploited global financial institutions through various malware such as WANNACRY V0, V1, V2, evtsys.exe, and BRAMBUL WORM. Top tier nation states such as the U.S. are unable to use diplomatic clout or to retaliate against the deferrer. Our study examined the affidavit filed against the North Korean hacker, Park Jin Hyok, which was provided by the FBI. Our paper focuses on the operations and campaigns that were carried out by the Lazarus Group by focusing on the key factors of the infrastructure and artifacts. Due to the nature of the cyber deterrence, deterrence in the cyber realm is far complex than the nuclear deterrence. We focused on the Sony Picture Entertainment's incident for our study. In this study, we discuss how cyber deterrence can be employed when different nation states share an asymmetrical relationship. Furthermore, we focus on contestability and attribution that is a key factor that makes cyber deterrence difficult.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | ICTC 2020 - 11th International Conference on ICT Convergence |
Subtitle of host publication | Data, Network, and AI in the Age of Untact |
Publisher | IEEE Computer Society |
Pages | 695-700 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728167589 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 Oct 21 |
Event | 11th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence, ICTC 2020 - Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of Duration: 2020 Oct 21 → 2020 Oct 23 |
Publication series
Name | International Conference on ICT Convergence |
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Volume | 2020-October |
ISSN (Print) | 2162-1233 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2162-1241 |
Conference
Conference | 11th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence, ICTC 2020 |
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Country/Territory | Korea, Republic of |
City | Jeju Island |
Period | 20/10/21 → 20/10/23 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by Defense Acquisition Program Administration and Agency for Defense Development under the contract (UD190016ED).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
Keywords
- ATTCK
- Attribution
- Contestability
- Cyber Deterrence
- International Affairs
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Information Systems
- Computer Networks and Communications