ZeroFox Intelligence Flash Report - Cybersecurity Risk Ahead of South Korea Elections

Product Serial: F-2024-04-09a

TLP:CLEAR

In this flash report, ZeroFox researchers provide an assessment of potential cybersecurity risks to South Korea's upcoming National Assembly elections.

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Key Findings

ZeroFox has not identified any evidence of a coordinated cyber campaign targeting South Korea’s National Assembly elections.
ZeroFox anticipates that threats to South Korean firms will continue irrespective of the elections, likely due to the country’s growing ties with the United States and Japan.
South Korea has developed closer economic ties with the United States to restrict sales of advanced technology to China, while it has deepened ties with Japan over their shared concern about the military threat posed by China and North Korea.
The North Korean security threat is largely a secondary concern for South Korean voters, who are more focused on domestic issues such as the cost of living, low fertility rates, and party corruption.
The likelihood of a positive electoral outcome for South Korea’s adversaries is possibly behind the lack of coordinated nation-state cyber campaigns targeting the April 10 elections.