DHS warns of North Korea-linked malware

By Anna Giaritelli

Published August 10, 2018 1:53am ET

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DHS warns of North Korea-linked malware — In this May 15, 2017, file photo, employees watch electronic boards monitoring possible ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul, South Korea. | (Yun Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP, File)

The North Korean government may have planted malicious software in U.S. cyberspace following the June 12 meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The Department of Homeland Security and FBI concluded Thursday it found dangerous North Korea-linked malware that had the potential to do damage to U.S. entities, but shared little information about who it would have affected and the extent of the attempted attack.

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