Per UPI, South Korea’s National Cyber Security Center, operated under the National Intelligence Service (NIS), warns in its 2026 National Information Security White Paper that North Korean hacking groups are adopting “agentic AI,” a form of autonomous AI that can set goals, analyze data and manipulate external systems, to scale cyberattacks with limited human intervention. UPI reports agentic tools can generate phishing at scale, write malware and automate vulnerability discovery; the report cites examples from private-sector threat intelligence, including Kaspersky and Google Threat Intelligence Group findings on Kimsuky and APT45, and a published example where Anthropic’s model Mythos produced Windows attack code in 31 minutes. UPI also reports North Korea stole 2.2 trillion won (approximately $1.46 billion) in virtual assets last year. Separate UPI coverage on May 19 describes South Korea’s legislative push to expand NIS authority to investigate private-sector incidents, citing rising breach counts and long detection times.
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