The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a public briefing next week to examine U.S. efforts to defend against cyber-threats posed by North Korea, the committee's chairman said Friday.
The briefing, set for Tuesday, will feature Amb. Sung Kim, special representative for North Korea policy, Assistant Treasury Secretary Daniel Glaser and Gregory J. Touhill, deputy assistant secretary of homeland security, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), the committee's chairman, said in a statement.
The briefing is titled, "The North Korean Threat: Nuclear, Missiles and Cyber."
"For years, the United States and our allies have been rightly concerned about the threat from North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. Now, this brutal regime has added a new weapon to its arsenal: cyber-attacks," Royce said.
"There can be no doubt that the Kim regime means America harm, and as we saw last month, Pyongyang can deliver on its threats," the chairman said, adding that the briefing will "examine the administration's efforts to curtail the cyber threat emanating from North Korea and secure our homeland."
Cyber-threats by the North have emerged as a key focus of international attention after the United States determined that the communist nation carried out the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures, apparently in anger over a comedy film involving a plot to kill leader Kim Jong-un.
North Korea has denied responsibility. (Yonhap)
