U.S. Charges Three N. Korean Military Hackers in Cyberattacks and Financial Crimes Worldwide

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Thursday, February 25, 2021
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
37
Issue: 
3
Abstract: 

On February 17, 2021, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed an indictment and returned by a grand jury in the Central District of California, charging the same DPRK programmer, as well as two newly-identified DPRK conspirators, with a campaign of cyber heists and extortion schemes, targeting both traditional currencies and cryptocurrencies.[1]



[1]    U.S. Department of Justice, Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers Delivers Remarks on the National Security Cyber Investigation into North Korean Operatives, Press Rel., Feb. 17, 2021,