A series of cyberattacks originating from China against US tech companies like Google.
The most insidious front is the attack on truth itself. In 2023, a group affiliated with North Korea’s Bureau 121 executed a pwnhack against the content delivery network (CDN) serving three major South Korean newspapers. For a period of 11 hours, every image of the South Korean president’s public appearance was swapped with a deepfake video of him slurring his words and falling down stairs.
While the code was flying across screens, the most fascinating aspect of Pwnhack War was the human element. In the breaks between sessions, the mood shifted from adversarial to collaborative.