From the peninsula where geopolitical tension has long shaped the digital battlefield, a South Korean cybersecurity firm has documented something that marks a quiet but consequential threshold: a state-linked hacking group is no longer merely using artificial intelligence as a tool, but weaving it into the very architecture of how it wages cyber conflict. Kimsuky, long known for espionage and financial theft on behalf of Pyongyang, has assembled a locally-run AI infrastructure that allows it to analyze stolen intelligence, generate malware, and craft deception — all beyond the reach of externa