‘Malicious’: Fresh Blow to North Korea
Sanctions target four entities and one individual funding North Korea’s weapons via cybercrime, with $1.9 billion stolen in cryptocurrency in 2024, officials said.
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Australia working to 'starve' North Korea of money for weapons: Wong
Cybercriminals accused of funding North Korean weapons of mass destruction have faced financial sanctions and travel bans imposed by the Australian federal government.Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced the government is working alongside the US to "starve" North Korea of money after it took action against four entities and one individual found to be funding the regime's unlawful weapons.It comes as a report found North Korean actors stole …
Australia And US Impose Sanctions On North Korean Cyber Ops - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News
Australia has imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four entities and one individual linked to North Korea’s cryptocurrency theft operations, foreign minister Penny Wong announced today. The entities include the notorious Lazarus Group hackers, which have been active for around a decade-and-a-half, said to be responsible for the 2014 attack on Sony Pictures, and the WannaCry ransomware campaign of 2017. Australia also sanctioned a comp…
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