North Korean spies are running local LLMs to cause AI mischief

The Register
Aug 10, 2026, 1:23 pm70 ptsTrending
North Korean government snoops are operating LLMs locally and collecting technology to weave AI into their attack operations, according to South Korean security firm Genians. The researchers said they observed Kimsuky setting up and operating local LLM environments using Ollama, GPT4All, and Msty, experimenting…

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