Cybersecurity Threats Prompt A Worldwide Response 14:38:44 - 28 January 2021 FinancialBuzz.com News Commentary NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2021/PRNewswire/ -- The propagation of threats to the cybersecurity infrastructure of organizations and businesses continues to put pressure on governments and security firms. In the most recent example, Google claimed that a North Korean government hacking group has targeted members of the cyber-security community engaging in vulnerability research. According to a report by the Associated Press, Adam Weidemann, a researcher from Google's Threat Analysis Group, said in the online report published late Monday, that hackers supposedly backed by North Korea created a fake research blog and multiple Twitter profiles to build credibility and interact with the security researchers they targeted. The U.N. Security Council in 2019 estimated North Korea earned as much as USD 2 Billion over several years through illicit cyber operations targeting cryptocurrency exchanges and other financial transactions, generating income that is harder to trace and offsets capital lost to U.S.-led economic sanctions over its nuclear weapons program. Plurilock Security Inc. (TSX-V: PLUR) (OTC: PLCKF), FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ:FEYE), Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS), Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTNT), Palo Alto Networks (NYSE:PANW).