EFFECTIVENESS OF NORTH KOREA'S USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ADVANCING ITS CYBER-WARFARE CAPABILITIES
Authors
Rynn, Mark A.
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North Korea
artificial intelligence
cyber
cyberwarfare
emerging technology
artificial intelligence
cyber
cyberwarfare
emerging technology
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Rowe, Neil C.
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2024-12
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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North Korea considers cyber warfare important to maintain their social, economic, and military goals, and have successfully attacked a range of diverse targets. Their emphasis on cyber warfare is similar to their emphasis on building and maintaining nuclear weapons, as they believe cyber warfare can be a potential equalizer or way to gain advantage over their adversaries on the global stage. Artificial intelligence can facilitate and advance cyber warfare tactics by increasing the speed at which vulnerabilities are discovered and malware is created, allowing lesser technologically advanced actors to increase their threat profile. For North Korea, advancements in artificial intelligence can enable gaining and maintaining an advantage in cyber space to support their national goals. This study will assess North Korea’s potential success with artificial intelligence to advance its cyber-warfare techniques, and analyze how these successes could advance their social, economic, and military goals. A literature review will be conducted to gain a broad view of the available information. This study will aggregate information from classified and unclassified sources to allow analysts a summary of relevant data on North Korean artificial intelligence in cyber warfare.
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