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McAfee believes North Korea likely led "Sharpshooter" hacking

North Korea appears to have helmed a hacking campaign previously identified as "Operation Sharpshooter," according to a new report from McAfee, who first reported on the attacks in December.

The big picture: McAfee originally believed the attacks showed so much evidence they were from North Korea that it might indicate a different actor trying to frame Pyongyang.

But the company's researchers now say that analysis of code and data from an intermediary server indicates the attacks really did originate from North Korea.

The intrigue: The motive behind the attacks isn't known, but North Korea's interest is traditionally in espionage which would have been increasingly important to fine-tune negotiating strategies during talks with the United States and with various forms of theft.

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