Any cyber influence is best left to the Russians with proven track record!
What is interesting to note is that both armies were doing the hand battle without bullets so could this be just a sparing from both sides knowing that a 'proper' escalation with 2 opposing nuclear armed rivals is unwinnable. As your observation on Taiwan is much more challenging since Taiwan is only a conventional armed nation.
The battle with Trump in Nov is won or loss through the equity markets. NK blowing the offices is only an optical illusion to generate profile taken away from Trump distraction in internal politics. Gold price is a good consensus measure of what the world thinks of the 2 events unfolding concurrently.
