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US sanctions alleged North Korean IT sweatshop leader
Turns out outsourcing coders to bankroll Kim’s nukes doesn’t jibe with Uncle Sam The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on ...
New pseudoscorpions with dragon-like jaws discovered in a South Korea cave
The newly discovered species are named Spelaeochthonius dugigulensis, S. geumgulensis, S. magwihalmigulensis, and ...
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The Cybersecurity Threat Posed by Remote IT Workers from North Korea: How Should Companies Respond?
On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a series of actions to disrupt schemes involving remote information technology (IT) workers from North Korea. To combat this ...
FBI And Microsoft Bust Massive North Korean Laptop Farm Scam Across US
Microsoft and US authorities have disrupted a major North Korean job scam, suspending 3,000 email accounts and raiding dozens of laptop farms involved in a global fraud scheme.
U.S. sanctions North Korean member of Kim Jong Un's spy agency over IT worker scheme
Song Kum Hyok is accused of masterminding a scheme in which North Korean cyber operatives posed as U.S. remote IT workers for ...
Over 100 US companies hiring remote workers ended up funding Kim Jong Un's weapons programs, DOJ says
The firms include Fortune 500 companies and a defense contractor in California with access to sensitive military files, the ...
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6 Americans detained for trying to float 1,600 bottles of rice and ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature Bibles, $1 bills and USB sticks toward North ...