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North Korea's fake IT worker scam hauled in at least $88M over six years
2024-12-13 00:32

DoJ thinks it's found the folks that ran it, and some of the 'IT warriors' sent out to fleece employers North Korea's fake IT worker scams netted the hermit kingdom $88 million over six years,...

Korea arrests CEO for adding DDoS feature to satellite receivers
2024-12-02 21:11

South Korean police have arrested a CEO and five employees for manufacturing over 240,000 satellite receivers pre-loaded or later updated to include DDoS attack functionality at a purchaser's...

US charges Phobos ransomware admin after South Korea extradition
2024-11-18 19:47

Evgenii Ptitsyn, a Russian national and suspected administrator of the Phobos ransomware operation, was extradited from South Korea and is facing cybercrime charges in the United States. [...]

Officials warn of Russia's tech-for-troops deal with North Korea amid Ukraine conflict
2024-11-07 02:30

10,000 of Kim Jong Un's soldiers believed to be headed for front line The EU has joined US and South Korean officials in expressing concern over a Russian transfer of technology to North Korea in...

South Korea Fines Meta $15.67M for Illegally Sharing Sensitive User Data with Advertisers
2024-11-06 06:58

Meta has been fined 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million) by South Korea's data privacy watchdog for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about...

Feds reach for sliver of crypto-cash nicked by North Korea's notorious Lazarus Group
2024-10-08 00:27

A couple million will do for a start … but Kim's crews are suspected of stealing much more The US government is attempting to claw back more than $2.67 million stolen by North Korea's Lazarus...

Telegram apologizes to South Korea and takes down smutty deepfakes
2024-09-04 04:28

Unclear if this is a sign controversial service is cleaning up its act everywhere Controversial social network Telegram has co-operated with South Korean authorities and taken down 25 videos...

Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Flaw Exploited by North Korea’s Lazarus Group
2024-08-19 07:05

A newly patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows was exploited as a zero-day by Lazarus Group, a prolific state-sponsored actor affiliated with North Korea. The security vulnerability, tracked...

South Korea says DPRK hackers stole spy plane technical data
2024-08-12 20:22

South Korea's ruling party, People Power Party (PPP), has issued an announcement stating that North Korean hackers have stolen crucial information about K2 tanks, the country's main battle tank,...

US 'laptop farm' man accused of outsourcing his IT jobs to North Korea to fund weapons programs
2024-08-08 20:55

The FBI today arrested a Tennessee man suspected of running a "Laptop farm" that got North Koreans, posing as Westerners, IT jobs at American and British companies. According to US prosecutors, Matthew Isaac Knoot, 38, of Nashville, defrauded multiple US and UK companies by applying for remote technology jobs, and then secretly outsourced those jobs to North Koreans.