Law / North Korea

Criminal Code, Computer and Information Offenses

Criminal Code, Computer and Information Offenses, Arts. 218-219 (as amended by Decree No. 1522 of )

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A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.

What it requires

  • Do not intrude into an information-communication network of the state administration, national defense construction or advanced science research sector to read, steal or destroy data.NIST AI RMFMAP 4.1
  • Do not intrude into an information-communication network to read, steal or destroy important information; the paragraph that punishes this names no sector.NIST AI RMFMAP 4.1
  • Do not violate electronic business order.no control in the NIST AI RMF

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  • MAP 4.1Approaches for mapping AI technology and legal risks of its components – including the use of third-party data or software – are in place, followed, and documented, as are risks of infringement of a third party’s intellectual property or other rights.

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Article 218 sets labor-training for intruding into a state-administration, national-defense-construction or advanced-science-research information-communication network to read, steal or destroy data, and up to 5 years of labor-reform (5 to 10 years where the circumstances are grave) for intruding to read, steal or destroy important information. Article 219 sets labor-training for violating electronic business order, up to 5 years of labor-reform where serious consequences result, and 5 to 10 years where the circumstances are grave. None of the offenses states a fine.

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Article 218 (Crime of Information-Communication Network Intrusion) punishes with labor-training a person who intrudes into an information-communication network of the state administration, national defense construction or advanced science research sector and reads, steals or destroys data.

Article 218 also punishes intrusion into an information-communication network to read, steal or destroy important information, in terms that name no sector, with up to 5 years of labor-reform, and with 5 to 10 years of labor-reform where the circumstances are grave.

Article 219 (Crime of Violating Electronic Business Order) punishes violating electronic business order with labor-training, with up to 5 years of labor-reform where serious consequences result, and with 5 to 10 years of labor-reform where the circumstances are grave. Labor-training lasts from 6 months to 1 year. Fixed-term labor-reform lasts from 1 to 15 years. None of the offenses carries a monetary fine in the text of Arts. 218 and 219.

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