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U.S. sanctions North Korean hacker for crimes benefitting Kim Jong Un's arms programs
The federal government has sanctioned alleged North Korean hacker Song Kum Hyok for illegal activities related to his ...
The Register on MSN4h
US sanctions alleged North Korean IT sweatshop leader
Turns out outsourcing coders to bankroll Kim’s nukes doesn’t jibe with Uncle Sam The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on ...
U.S. Sanctions North Korean IT Workers Over 'Cyber Espionage,' Crypto Thefts
The U.S. Treasury Department added the employee of a North Korean hacking group to its blacklist over his role in getting IT ...
Cryptopolitan on MSN14h
North Korean IT workers hit with US sanctions for propping up Kim regime
Korea Songkwang Trading General Corporation received designation under Executive Order 13810 as North Korean persons. Korea ...
The Floridian8h
Treasury Sanctions North Korean Foreign Workers Financing Nuclear Weapons Programs
The US Treasury Department has announced new sanctions against North Korean nationals working in foreign countries who ...
U.S. sanctions North Korean member of Kim Jong Un's spy agency over IT worker scheme
Song Kum Hyok is accused of masterminding a scheme in which North Korean cyber operatives posed as U.S. remote IT workers for ...
Anadolu Agency23h
US sanctions North Korean cyber operative over global IT worker scheme
Sanctions follow reports that a person impersonating Secretary of State Rubio reportedly used artificial intelligence to send ...
Sanctioning Malicious North Korean Cyber Actors
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea deploys IT workers who obfuscate their identities, often through identity theft of U.S. persons, to fraudulently obtain employment at unwitting foreign firms.
U.S. Sanctions North Korean Cyber Operative Behind Fake IT Scheme
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a North Korean cyber operative accused of orchestrating a deceptive ...
US sanctions target North Korean fake-tech-worker scheme
North Korean workers have been posing as nationals from other countries to infiltrate companies in the US. Read more at ...
The Hacker News9h
U.S. Sanctions North Korean Andariel Hacker Behind Fraudulent IT Worker Scheme
The IT worker scheme, also tracked as Nickel Tapestry, Wagemole, and UNC5267, involves North Korean actors using a mix of ...
Blaze Trends15h
US Treasury sanctions North Korean for infiltrating crypto firms with IT operatives, funding Pyongyang.
The US Treasury isn't pulling any punches. They just hit a North Korean man, Song Kum Hyok, with serious sanctions. He's accused of helping North Korea's ...