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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 ...
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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 ...
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🧨 U.S. slams sanctions on North Korea’s fake job ring funding missile programs
In a powerful move to defend national security, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed tough sanctions on ...
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 ...
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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 workers jobs in other countries.
US sanctions alleged North Korean IT sweatshop leader
The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on 38-year-old Song Kum Hyok, a North Korean accused of attempting to hack the Treasury Department and posing as an IT worker to collect revenue and secret data ...
Tornado Cash was a 'giant washing machine' for North Korea's dirty crypto, feds tell Roman Storm jury
A Seattle software engineer is on trial for developing what prosecutors say was the crypto-laundering tool of choice for the world's biggest hackers.
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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 ...
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US Treasury Department sanctions individuals and entities over illegal IT worker scheme
Russians and North Koreans contributed to the scheme to provide illegal remote IT workers to US companies to fund the North ...
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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 Saenal Trading Corporation also faces sanctions for engaging in commercial ...
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North Korean hackers bridge $3.2 million of stolen funds
Crypto investigators are raising alarms after $3.2 million was drained from multiple Solana wallets on May 16, 2025, which they say bears the hallmarks of the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group. The ...