The G7 is gathering in Canada, and among the usual topics — such as the military landscape in Ukraine and Gaza — something atypical but no less important emerges: hacker attacks from North Korea.
Pyongyang has apparently completely turned cyberspace into its goldmine — and it has been doing so for several years. Now, at the summit in Alberta, the key figures of the world order are preparing to discuss how to cut off oxygen to North Korean hackers.
On the agenda are strengthening international cyber barriers, freezing digital assets linked to North Korea, and offensive measures against crypto exchanges through which money laundering occurs. Moreover, the discussion is not about wishes — a coordinated response and tightening the rules of the game for those who allow themselves to operate next to the regime is planned.
Canada, as the host of the meeting, plans to put forward an initiative to strengthen intelligence sharing and create tight alliances to combat the digital schemes of Pyongyang. The message they want to convey to the world is crystal clear: such cyber aggression will no longer go unanswered.
This time, it's not about missile launches — North Korea has taken a more covert path: large-scale cyberattacks, from which billions in crypto are extracted.
In February 2025 alone, hackers linked to North Korea stole about $1.5 billion from the Bybit exchange in Dubai. According to the FBI, this is the work of the Lazarus Group — the same group suspected in the legendary Sony hack in 2014.