In 2019, a mysterious group raided a North Korean embassy to steal digital secrets
In a scene straight from a spy thriller, a mysterious group infiltrated the North Korean embassy in Madrid to seize encrypted data, sparking an international investigation into a shadowy organization called Free Joseon.
On February 22, 2019, a group of ten individuals stormed the North Korean embassy in Madrid, Spain. They restrained the staff and spent several hours searching the building before fleeing with multiple computers, hard drives, and mobile phones. The group, later identified as Free Joseon, reportedly handed the stolen data over to the FBI in the United States.
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