North Korea condemns US and allies’ cyber threat warning

SEOUL: North Korea accused the United States and allies of seeking to “tarnish the image” of the communist state after they warned against employing its IT workers, state media reported Tuesday.

The US and 10 Asian and European allies on Friday issued a joint statement that North Korea was using skilled workers under false identities to fund its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

An unnamed spokesperson for the North Korean Foreign Ministry dismissed the joint warning as “a stereotyped political accusation with a sinister purpose to tarnish the image of our state,” state news agency KCNA reported.