Security News > 2020 > April > US offers up to $5m reward for information on North Korean hackers
Know anything about North Korean hackers and their activities in cyberspace, past or ongoing?
North Korean cyber actors are allegedly behind extortion campaigns, including both ransomware and mobster-like protection rackets.
The experts have traced the mined assets - much of it being anonymity-enhanced digital currency, or what's sometimes called privacy coins - to North Korean servers.
In June 2017, US-CERT took what was then the highly unusual step of sending a stark public warning to businesses about the danger of North Korean cyberattacks and the urgent need to patch old software to defend against them.
In September 2019, the Treasury targeted North Korean hacking groups by formally sanctioning the Lazarus Group, along with its offshoots, Bluenoroff and Andariel.
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