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Taiwanese indicted over alleged N Korea scheme
Taipei Times
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July 1, 2025
Two Taiwanese were among a group of suspects indicted in Boston on Monday in connection with an alleged scheme to generate revenue for North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction programs, US prosecutors said. The two Taiwanese suspects, identified...
US DoJ and Microsoft Target North Korean IT Workers
Infosecurity Magazine
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July 1, 2025
The US Justice Department has announced coordinated action against persistent North Korean attempts to find jobs in the country for its IT workers. Announced yesterday, the operation included: An indictment charging several Chinese and Taiwanese...
N. Korea executes 23 defense workers in brutal crackdown
Daily NK
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June 30, 2025
North Korea’s state security department has taken an ultra-hardline stance against “counterrevolutionary acts” at munitions factories in Jagang province earlier this year. Families of security officers at munitions factories circulated a report...
Jasper Sleet: North Korean remote IT workers’ evolving tactics to infiltrate organizations
Microsoft
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June 30, 2025
Since 2024, Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed remote information technology (IT) workers deployed by North Korea leveraging AI to improve the scale and sophistication of their operations, steal data, and generate revenue for the...
Microsoft warns North Korean hackers are expanding fake job schemes - as Feds announce further crackdown
TechRadar Pro
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July 1, 2025
Microsoft says North Koreans are using advanced AI-powered tools to hide their identities The workers get hired by US companies, and then steal their sensitive files The US government is cracking down on the campaigns North Korean hackers,...
North Korea’s Response To Sanctions Monitoring Team Report Signals Rising Hostilities Against Participatory United Nations Countries
The Organization for World Peace
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June 30, 2025
On June 2nd, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (D.P.R.K.) condemned a report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team, which contains 11 United Nations members, detailing the effectiveness of U.N. sanctions on the D.P.R.K. The report...
America 'accuses' one of China's largest technology company: You plotted to steal our trade secrets and ...
The Times of India
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A U.S. federal judge has reportedly ruled that Huawei Technologies, China’s leading telecommunications equipment manufacturer, must face a sweeping 16-count indictment accusing the company of stealing trade secrets, racketeering, wire and bank...
Does North Korea Really Have So Few ICBMs?
38 North
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July 1, 2025
Kim Jong Un oversees launch of Hwasong-17 ICBM in November 2022. (Source: Korean Central News Agency) On May 13, the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), as part of the unveiling of the Administration’s “Golden Dome” anti-missile system,...
DOJ charges 4 North Koreans for stealing US money
6 ABC Action News
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July 1, 2025
The Justice Department on Monday charged four North Koreans in a brazen scam to pose as IT workers with stolen credentials and use them to get hired by U.S.-based companies and scam those companies out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Kim...
DOJ arrests North Korean operative for running fraudulent IT team
The Gazette - Colorado
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The Department of Justice arrested one person and charged over a dozen more in connection with a fraudulent information technology scam that funded the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea. United States Attorneys from Massachusetts and...
Feds: North Korean remote worker scheme funds weapons program
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
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July 1, 2025
The Justice Department announced criminal charges on June 30 in connection with a scheme by North Korea to fund its weapons program through the salaries of remote information technology workers employed unwittingly by U.S. companies. The charges...
Schemes To Fund N Korean Regime Through Remote IT Work For US Companies Busted
RTTNews
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July 1, 2025
In a sweeping crackdown across the country, US law enforcement authorities have busted the North Korean regime's schemes to fund its weapons programs through remote information technology work for U.S. companies. The Justice Department said a New...
How does sending more troops to Russia benefit North Korea?
Deutsche Welle
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July 1, 2025
A delegation of senior North Korean military personnel left for Moscow on Monday, with analysts suggesting that Pyongyang is preparing to dispatch more troops in the coming weeks to help Russia in its war against Ukraine. After visiting North...
Four North Koreans Charged in Nearly $1 Million Cryptocurrency Theft Scheme
The Atlanta Voice - Georgia
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July 1, 2025
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U.S. Arrests Facilitator in North Korean IT Worker Scheme; Seizes 29 Domains and Raids 21 Laptop Farms
The Hacker News
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July 1, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday announced sweeping actions targeting the North Korean information technology (IT) worker scheme, leading to the arrest of one individual and the seizure of 29 financial accounts, 21 fraudulent...
US Government Takes Down Major North Korean 'Remote IT Workers' Operation
Slashdot
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July 1, 2025
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday that it had taken several enforcement actions against North Korea's money-making operations, which rely on undercover remote IT workers inside...
North Korean hackers bridge $3.2 million of stolen funds
Cryptopolitan
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June 29, 2025
Crypto investigators are raising alarms after $3.2 million was drained from multiple Solana wallets on May 16, 2025, which they say bears the hallmarks of the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group. The stolen assets were swiftly sold on-chain and...
Kim Jong-un breaks down in tears over North Korean troops killed while fighting for Putin
GB News
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July 1, 2025
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un was visibly emotional during a ceremony commemorating soldiers who perished while fighting for Russia in Ukraine. The dictator appeared to weep as he viewed battlefield footage during an operatic performance...
DOJ Charge Fake North Korean Devs 'Embedding' In Crypto Startups
Decrypt
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July 1, 2025
In brief Four North Korean agents allegedly used stolen identities to land remote IT jobs at a U.S. crypto startup. The group stole roughly $900,000 in two transactions and laundered crypto through sanctioned channels. Their operations are...
Pakistan & North Korea are the 2 countries involved in Nuclear proliferation, says Israeli envoy to India
The Print
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July 1, 2025
New Delhi: Two countries are involved in the global proliferation of weapons of mass destruction—Pakistan and North Korea—said Reuven Azar, Israel’s ambassador to India at ThePrint’s Off the Cuff Monday. Azar added that Iran, which had openly...