Source: Yonhap
South Korea, the United States and Japan have agreed to form a high-level cybersecurity consultative group to find ways to prevent North Korea’s cyber activities that fund its missile and nuclear programs, South Korea’s presidential office announced.
The presidential office said in a press statement that the decision was reached during a tripartite meeting that included South Korea’s Deputy National Security Advisor In Seung-hwan, US Deputy National Security Advisor for Internet and Emerging Technologies Anne Neuberger, and Japanese National Security Secretariat Deputy Chief Keiichi Ichikawa in Washington on Monday. October 31.
The new consultative group, which will meet every three months, aims to develop measures to prevent North Korea’s cybercrimes and strengthen the three countries’ joint response capacity against global cyber threats.
The consultative group came as part of follow-up measures to the agreement reached by President Yoon Seok-yeol, US President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during their tripartite summit at Camp David in August to establish a tripartite working group charged with combating cyber threats and the theft of cryptocurrencies by North Korea.
While in Washington, N also met separately with Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator Darren Goldie on October 30 and the two sides agreed to work and respond jointly to identify common threats, including by quickly forming a bilateral working group to define the scope of cooperation, according to the statement. For the presidential office.