UN experts believe the DPRK cyber-steals and launders money, extorts companies and funnels the cash into its nuclear program.
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US Treasury targets North Korean hacking groups
The US has formally sanctioned the Lazarus Group and offshoots Bluenoroff and Andariel, which are allegedly acting on behalf of the DPRK.
Feds hook ELECTRICFISH, new Windows malware from North Korea
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have identified a new strain of malware from North Korea, representing the latest in a long line of cyber attacks from the country
FBI burrowing into North Korea’s big bad botnet
The FBI revealed that it joined the Joanap botnet and started chewing it up from the inside.
Attackers used a LinkedIn job ad and Skype call to breach bank’s defences
A Chilean Senator has taken to Twitter with alarming news – the company running the country’s ATM network suffered a serious cyberattack.
North Korean programmer charged for Sony, WannaCry attacks and more
Park Jin Hyok is allegedly with Lazarus Group, a hacking team connected to attacks on a wide array of industries and public utilities.
Sony’s post-breach woes continue as WikiLeaks dumps 276,000 more documents
WikiLeaks appears to be celebrating the third anniversary of Julian Assange’s unplanned Ecuadorian embassy stay by releasing another cache of Sony documents, including an alleged bribery investigation.
WikiLeaks publishes massive searchable archive of hacked Sony documents
Julian Assange of the whistle-blowing site, WikiLeaks, says that Sony Pictures’ data should be publicly available due to its links with “geo-political conflict”.
Obama signs executive order to sanction foreign hackers
Obama signed a new executive order on Wednesday (1 April 2015) authorizing financial sanctions against foreign hackers, and companies that knowingly benefit from cyberattacks against US interests.
Why the US was so sure North Korea hacked Sony: it had a front-row seat
A newly released, top-secret document traces the NSA’s infiltration of North Korean systems back to 2010, when it piggybacked on South Korean “implants” on North Korea’s networks and “sucked back the data”.