US President Donald Trump issued a directive early in his administration outlining a strategy of pressure against North Korea involving multiple government agencies that led to the use of military cyber-capabilities, administration officials say.
As part of the campaign, US Cyber Command targeted alleged hackers in North Korea’s military spy agency, the Reconnaissance General Bureau, by storming their computer servers with traffic to obstruct their internet access, The Washington Post reported Saturday, citing senior administration officials speaking on condition of anonymity.
Trump’s directive also included “instructions to diplomats and officials to bring up North Korea in virtually every conversation with foreign interlocutors and urge them to sever all ties with Pyongyang,” the daily added, further pointing to “significant success” of such conversations in recent weeks as North Korea tested a nuclear weapon and ballistic…