He ousted hardliner Jang Kil Song as head of North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), which is the country's military intelligence agency. An insider said it is a sign that Kim is tightening his grip on power. Earlier this week Mirror Online reported that Kim had unleashed a global wave of cybercrime in a bid to avert a coronavirus financial meltdown in North Korea. It is claimed he has instructed North Korean hacker group, Lazarus, to use phishing scams to steal cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. The secretive syndicate rose to notoriety in 2014 after hacking Sony Pictures in revenge for the planned-release of The Interview - a comedy about assassinating Kim Jong-un.

Source: Daily Mirror May 15, 2020 10:43 UTC