US Treasury Sanctions North Korean IT Network
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) this week sanctioned six individuals and two entities for operating a DPRK 'IT worker' fraud scheme that defrauded U.S. businesses and funneled proceeds to fund the regime's WMD programs. Investigations and reports from Microsoft, LevelBlue, Flare, and IBM X-Force detail use of VPNs, stolen identities, AI-generated personas, and about $2.5 million in cryptocurrency conversions.
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