North Korean hackers are targeting banks around the world (Image: GETTY)
The company highlighted more than 80 targets in sensitive sectors such as defence, telecoms, energy and finance around the world. McAfee said investigators found the North Korean hackers had also tried to infiltrate governments and that the company itself had been targeted. McAfee said the largest number of recent attacks were against Britain, Germany, Turkey and as well as the US.
Straight up cyber bank theft - that's a significant piece of what they do in cyberspace
John Demers
Pyongyang is believed to operate some of the most sophisticated state-backed hacking cells in the world although the North Korean government has long denied any wrongdoing.
The government is thought to have continued their operations while Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un were holding denuclearisation talks in Vietnam.
And they are also believed to have teamed up with criminal gangs to
