President Yoon Suk Yeol called for stronger cybersecurity measures Tuesday to protect national security against increasingly sophisticated state-sponsored hacking attacks.

Yoon highlighted cyber threats posed by state-sponsored organizations in an apparent reference to North Korea during an address to the International Symposium on Cybercrime Response hosted by the Korean National Police Agency.

“With the rapid development of new technologies, including artificial intelligence, combating cyber crimes has become more difficult,” Yoon said. “State-sponsored hacking organizations are launching cyberattacks, threatening not only individuals and companies but also national security.”

Source: Yonhap News Agency