North Korean Cyber Terrorism: Past and Future

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

With the success of hydrogen bomb and intercontinental ballistic missile tests by North Korea, international peace and security are continuously being threatened. Not only conventional battlefield, but also cyber domain has been exploited by North Korea as the weapon to hold asymmetric superiority over the adversaries. Cyber terrorism, which is expected to cause severe damage to property and injury or death to human, is one of the primary security threats in the international community. Therefore, this article highlights North Korean cyber terrorism by defining cyber terrorism and classifying it by characteristic. Based on the analysis of cyber terrorism in the past, it explores the possibilities of cyber terrorism in the future.

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