🕳️ Released Phantom Node 106: Kim Jong Un. The Cyber-Arsenal and Sovereign Racket

This project is a philosophical and artistic study of the phenomenon of "phantom nodes" — invisible yet influential objects and subjects in the contemporary global system. The descriptions contained within this study are metaphorical and allegorical, aimed at uncovering systemic problems, regimes, and civilisational influences. They are not a journalistic investigation or legal accusations, but serve as an artistic interpretation of reality.

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Mode: Cyber-Arsenal and Forced Labor Export

🕳️ Released Phantom Node 106: Kim Jong Un. The Cyber-Arsenal and Sovereign Racket

An archaic dictatorship financing future warfare through digital crime.

Who is this?

Kim Jong Un is the leader of North Korea, a hereditary ruler of a totalitarian state combining a personality cult, military economy, and total population control. Under his rule, the DPRK has transformed from an isolated regime into an active actor in global shadow warfare. By early 2026, North Korea functions as a structural military and cyber partner of the Russian Federation.

Type of node:

State military-financial and cybernetic

Status:

Above the law, shielded by nuclear blackmail

Form of control:

State hacker units, forced labor, military outsourcing, crypto-financing

Phantom image:

A conductor of a dark orchestra, directing shells, code, and human masses

What remains after the phantom:

A parallel financial reality, digital crime, devalued human life

Core of the node:

What sustained it?

Total population control, legalized cybercrime, partnership with Russia, cryptocurrency as a sanctions-evasion tool, export of weapons and people.

How did it become a phantom?

The state ceased to act as a political entity and became an infrastructure: a cyber department, an arms factory, and a human reserve for чужа війна.

Why does the phantom still exist?

Fear, isolation, nuclear status, and the absence of effective international accountability mechanisms.

Phantom’s condition:

Active, diffused, technologically adaptive

After the regime:

– state cybercrime exposed

– financial flows and crypto-theft documented

– labor export and military participation criminalized

– international investigations conducted

– financial channels blocked

– monitoring and oversight restored

– accountability returned to the legal domain

Collective reaction:

We no longer accept dictatorship as “exotic”.

Digital crime is warfare.

Every line of code has an author.

Core principle:

A state that steals the future through code will eventually be decrypted.

Alt-text:

Graphite illustration of North Korea as a cyber-arsenal. Kim Jong Un appears as a conductor controlling streams of artillery shells and hacker attacks. Digital tentacles extract cryptocurrency that transforms into missile components; soldier shadows and a nuclear missile silhouette symbolize global threat and military symbiosis with the aggressor.

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Unmasking the Phantom. Pivtorak.Studio. 03.01.2026

🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration.

All depictions are allegorical; the piece does not allege facts about specific private individuals without corroborated evidence.

Names are included because they appear in open international sources.

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🫧 Phantom Node Dossier 106: North Korea: The "Cyber-Arsenal and Labor Export" Regime.

Key Aspects of the Phantom:

"Sovereign Racketeering and Shadow Rear." As of early 2026, North Korea under Kim Jong Un has fully transitioned from an isolated pariah to a strategic partner of the Russian Federation, providing "infinite" resources: from millions of artillery shells to thousands of cyber-criminals. The phantom nature of this node lies in creating a parallel financial reality, where stolen cryptocurrency becomes the fuel for purchasing Western missile components, bypassing all levels of global monitoring.

Regimes:

💻 Cyber-Financial Terrorism Regime: Utilizing state-sponsored hacking groups to steal crypto-assets and breach global banking systems to fund the war chests of Russia and the DPRK.

💣 Military-Industrial Outsource Regime: Converting North Korean factories into additional capacities for the Russian defense industry, producing shells and ballistic missiles (KN-23/24).

👤 Human Commodity Regime: The systematic export of North Korean laborers (construction, timber) and military units to Russia as "live inventory" in exchange for food and military technology.

🛡️ Nuclear Umbrella Blackmail Regime: Using the DPRK's nuclear status as a tool to distract Western attention from the European theater of war.

Tools:

⚡ Lazarus Group & Kimsuky: State-run hacking units specializing in stealing billions in crypto and spying on defense technologies.

🚂 Tumangang-Khasan Railway Corridor: A constant flow of echelons carrying ammunition and equipment, operating beyond the reach of international observers.

🌪️ Crypto Mixers & Shadow Exchanges: Tools for laundering stolen digital funds and converting them into fiat currency to purchase sanctioned goods.

⛓️ Forced Labor Camps in Siberia: Utilizing North Korean labor in Russia under slave-like conditions to support war logistics.

Civilizational Influences:

📉 Destruction of Global Cybersecurity: The DPRK has proven that state-level cybercrime is an effective tool for survival under sanctions.

⚖️ Final Erosion of the Non-Proliferation Regime: Russia's (a permanent UN Security Council member) cooperation with the DPRK has effectively destroyed international mechanisms for curbing nuclear ambitions.

🌍 Legitimization of State-Level Mercenarism: The precedent of a third country's troops directly participating in a European war without a formal declaration.

Dissection of a Phantom Node. Pivtorak.Studio. 03.01.2026

🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration. Depictions are allegorical and do not allege facts about private individuals without corroborated evidence.

Names are included because they appear in open international sources.

https://www.instagram.com/pivtorak.studio