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North Korea Denounces US Indictment of DPRK IT Workers for Cybercrimes
- The DOJ revealed that North Korean actors collaborated with individuals from the U.S., China, the United Emirates, and Taiwan to obtain jobs with over 100 U.S. companies.
- Zhenxing Wang, a U.S. national, was indicted and arrested for his role in a scheme that generated over $5 million in revenue.
- North Korean officials dismissed the DOJ's claims as an "absurd smear campaign" and called it a "grave violation of sovereignty."
- The DOJ seized multiple web domains linked to the scheme and indicted North Korean nationals for stealing over $900,000 in virtual currency.
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North Korea lashes out after Trump DOJ exposes massive IT infiltration scheme
North Korean officials accused the US Department of Justice (DOJ) of running "an absurd smear campaign" after announcing that it had unraveled several schemes by the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) to fund the regime through remote information technology work for US companies.
North Korea denounces US indictment of DPRK IT workers for cybercrimes
North Korea has slammed U.S. indictments against DPRK IT workers for illegally working at foreign firms, denouncing the accusations as a “groundless” provocation that violates its national sovereignty. In a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a spokesperson for the DPRK’s foreign ministry rejected the charges as “an absurd smear campaign” […]
A coordinated action by the U.S. Department of Justice has revealed a sophisticated system of North Korean cybercriminals that diverted millions of people into regime financing via fake remote workstations. The result of the operation includes two indictments, an arrest, securing 29 bank accounts and raids at 29 suspicious laptop farm sites. The perpetrators systematically used American identities to secure remote positions. According to the aut…
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