{"id":1683,"date":"2025-01-19T12:09:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T12:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/2025\/01\/19\/us-slaps-sanctions-on-north-korean-it-network-supporting-wmds\/"},"modified":"2025-01-19T12:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T12:10:01","slug":"us-slaps-sanctions-on-north-korean-it-network-supporting-wmds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/us-slaps-sanctions-on-north-korean-it-network-supporting-wmds\/","title":{"rendered":"US Slaps Sanctions on North Korean IT Network Supporting WMDs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. Sanctions North Korean IT Workers for Illicit Revenue Generation<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"p-author\"><i class=\"icon-font icon-calendar\">\ue802<\/i><span class=\"author\">Jan 17, 2025<\/span><i class=\"icon-font icon-user\">\ue804<\/i><span class=\"author\">Ravie Lakshmanan<\/span><\/span><span class=\"p-tags\">Insider Threat \/ Cryptocurrency<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"articlebody\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiQY65Oqxr2GTPghECCPE2F_nKZiE0GLOGwmDOv9Dz8S6dC73WyjNO9Q-CTItin3FNHsbqInHOBqAa0ddnLv6EDKxMu42dXZnTZqZqsZGr_ygc1WKkE1TrgKhAFZUxS8STlDmb749WhyphenhyphenagdOlpniDZqJDzB8uBIqZbUpQSYSaHn5iAu1qindDKdU1nBVyr8\/s728-rw-e365\/korean-hackers.png\" style=\"display: block;  text-align: center; clear: left; float: left;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Treasury Department&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two individuals and four entities for their alleged involvement in illicit revenue generation schemes for the Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea (DPRK) by dispatching IT workers around the world to obtain employment and draw a steady source of income for the regime in violation of international sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These IT workers obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department stated. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT projects, such as software and mobile application development,&#8221; the Treasury Department said. &#8220;They obfuscate their identities and locations to fraudulently obtain freelance employment contracts from clients around the world for IT<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2025\/01\/us-sanctions-north-korean-it-worker.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Sanctions North Korean IT Workers for Illicit Revenue Generation \ue802Jan 17, 2025\ue804Ravie LakshmananInsider Threat \/ Cryptocurrency The U.S. Treasury Department&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[46,39,32,31,33,34,35,40,36,37,42,44,43,41,38,45],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cybersecurity","tag-computer-security","tag-cyber-attacks","tag-cyber-news","tag-cyber-security-news","tag-cyber-security-news-today","tag-cyber-security-updates","tag-cyber-updates","tag-data-breach","tag-hacker-news","tag-hacking-news","tag-how-to-hack","tag-information-security","tag-network-security","tag-ransomware-malware","tag-software-vulnerability","tag-the-hacker-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/01\/korean-hackers.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1685,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions\/1685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}