North Korea rejects US cyber threat warnings

North Korea, through its foreign ministry spokesperson, rejected a US-led joint warning about its cyber activities as politically motivated and aimed at tarnishing its image. The warning, issued on July 31 by the United States, South Korea, Japan, and eight other countries, alleged that North Korean IT workers use false identities to secure remote jobs and generate revenue for Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, posing insider threats and engaging in data, cryptocurrency, and sensitive information theft. North Korea criticized the International — Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) and accused Washington of militarizing cyberspace. In a separate KCNA editorial, a military commentator condemned the US, South Korea, and Japan for turning the RIMPAC naval exercise into a rehearsal for aggression, claiming growing military cooperation creates a security crisis in the Asia-Pacific region.