North Korea is employing banned GPUs for sophisticated cyber operations, including cryptocurrency theft and surveillance. The Lazarus Group, a hacking collective linked to North Korean military intelligence, has been actively targeting crypto exchanges since 2017. Now, AI-driven tools are augmenting these actions, enabling hackers to discover vulnerabilities in codebases and craft realistic fake identities for more intricate scams. This marks a shift in North Korea’s cyber warfare tactics, increasing the scale and sophistication of its attacks. The country is reportedly using AI to evade international sanctions by accessing cutting-edge technologies despite bans on exports.