Some North Koreans turn to iPhones to avoid government surveillance
Jul 5, 2019 · “The North Korean authorities can monitor many of the Chinese smartphones, so some people [who use smuggled phones to connect to Chinese cellular towers across the border] are turning to iPhones to communicate with each other,” a …
Here’s How North Koreans Are Jailbreaking Their Phones
Apr 28, 2022 · According to Wired, which cited a recent report by the Stimson Center and 38 North, “a growing number of North Koreans” have been “jailbreaking” phones in order to get around state restrictions.
Some North Koreans find ways around government smartphone …
Apr 28, 2022 · SEOUL, South Korea — Despite North Korea intensifying efforts to stop citizens from seeing information coming from outside the country, a few tech-savvy individuals are managing to circumvent tight...
How Smartphone Security Works in North Korea
Jan 23, 2021 · “North Korean authorities have installed two kinds of security authentications on smartphones: an independent authentication system and a “state authentication” system,” Daily NK said of ...
North Korea, the surveillance state - Amnesty
An illicit trade in imported mobile phones and SIM cards, commonly called ‘Chinese mobile phones’ irrespective of the brand, allows North Koreans living near the border to access Chinese mobile networks and communicate directly with people outside the country.
Connection Denied: Restrictions on Mobile Phones and Outside ...
Mar 7, 2016 · Ordinary North Koreans caught using mobile phones to contact loved ones who have fled abroad, risk being sent to political prison camps or other detention facilities as the government tightens its stranglehold on people’s use of communication technology, reveals Amnesty International in a new report published today.
In North Korea, smartphones are matter of life and death
May 17, 2021 · North Korean defectors report that there are homegrown smartphones in circulation in the country that are outwardly indistinguishable from the types of phones available elsewhere in the...
Office of Public Affairs | Two North Korean Nationals and Three ...
Jan 23, 2025 · According to the indictment, the defendants used forged and stolen identity documents, including U.S. passports containing the stolen personally identifiable information of a U.S. person, to conceal the true identities of Jin, Pak, and other North Korean co-conspirators, so that these North Korean nationals could circumvent sanctions and other ...
The wild, wonderful world of North Korean smartphones - Android Police
Mar 10, 2023 · A glimpse of a North Korean phone with a built-in mosquito repellant. There's also a Google Drive icon that opens a screensaver app. It's hard to confirm these phones' details reliably.
North Korean IT Workers Conducting Data Extortion
Jan 23, 2025 · The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is providing an update to previously shared guidance regarding Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) Information Technology (IT) workers to raise public awareness of their increasingly malicious activity, which has recently included data extortion.FBI is warning the public, private sector, and international community about North Korean IT ...