North Korean hackers plot Gmail theft attacks via Chrome extension

South Korea and Germany have released a joint cyber security advisory warning that North Korean hackers are trying to steal Gmail emails through a malicious Chrome extension.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) of the Republic of Korea and the German Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV) have warned that Kimsuky, a group of North Korean hackers also tracked as 'Velvet Chollima' and 'Thallium', are focusing their attacks on researchers focusing on North Korea and the Korean Peninsula.

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