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'''Bureau 121''' is a [[North Korea]]n [[cyberwarfare]] agency, which is part of the [[Reconnaissance General Bureau]] of North Korea's [[Military of North Korea|military]].<ref name = reuters>{{cite web| url= https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/05/us-sony-cybersecurity-northkorea-idUSKCN0JJ08B20141205 | first1 =Ju-Min | last1 = Park | first2 = James | last2 = Pearson| title= In North Korea, hackers are a handpicked, pampered elite | publisher =[[Reuters]] |date = December 5, 2014 | accessdate= December 18, 2014}}</ref><ref name=guardian>{{cite web|last1=Gibbs|first1=Samuel|title=Did North Korea's notorious Unit 121 cyber army hack Sony Pictures?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/02/north-korea-hack-sony-pictures-brad-pitt-fury|work=[[The Guardian]]|date = December 2, 2014 |accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref> According to American authorities, the General Bureau of Reconnaissance (also termed Reconnaissance General Bureau) manages [[clandestine operation]]s and has six bureaus.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://fas.org/irp/world/dprk/ | author=John Pike|title=North Korean Intelligence Agencies| publisher=Federation of American Scientists, Intelligence Resource Program |date= |accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref><ref name=arc>{{cite web| url=
https://fas.org/irp/world/dprk/dod-2013.pdf |author=[[United States Department of Defense]]| title=Military and Security Developments Involving the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2013|publisher=Federation of American Scientists| date= |accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>
Cyber operations are thought to be a cost-effective way for North Korea to maintain an asymmetric military option, as well as a means to gather intelligence; its primary intelligence targets are South Korea, Japan, and the United States.<ref name=arc/> Bureau 121 was created in 1998.<ref name=nyt1/>
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