[3] In July 2020, the Washington Times reported on a cyber attack targeting individuals involved with Free North Korea Radio, including its co-founder Suzanne Scholte.
The phishing scam impersonated a prominent journalist from The Atlantic, Uri Friedman, and asked interview questions of Scholte, which security experts told the Washington Times were part of a larger cyber operation.
[4] In response to news of the cyber attack, Col. David Maxwell, an analyst on North Korea, commented: "It’s not surprising that [Scholte] would have been targeted."
The organization relies on a network of anonymous sources inside North Korea for this information, which it also publishes on its Korean-language website.
[1] In 2019 former special envoy for North Korea human rights Robert R. King stated it was "supported by some U.S. government funds".