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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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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 Korea’s Lazarus Group Strikes Again With $3.2 Million Scam
BeInCrypto
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June 29, 2025
North Korea-linked hackers are ramping up attacks on the cryptocurrency sector, with recent investigations pointing to the Lazarus Group’s evolving methods. On-chain analyst ZachXBT has revealed a string of incidents tied to the regime’s cyber...
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...
Kim Jong Un publicly honors North Korean soldiers killed in Russia-Ukraine war
The Kyiv Independent
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July 1, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has publicly honored his country's soldiers killed while fighting in Russia's war against Ukraine, in a rare acknowledgment by Pyongyang of its battlefield losses, the Guardian reported on July 1. South Korea...
Russia’s Four Top Assault Units Spearhead Advance Into Sumy: North Korean Reinforcements Incoming
Military Watch
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July 1, 2025
<p >The Russian Army has committed some of its most capable assault units to the frontlines in Ukraine’s Sumy region, as continued advances have brought forces to within 20 kilometres of the regional capital. The deployments follows the...
DOJ Indicts 4 North Koreans For Stealing $1M In Crypto Heist
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) The U.S. Justice Department has announced charges against three North Korean computer programmers involved in a series of cyberattacks designed to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion in cash and cryptocurrency from...
US Busts $5 Million North Korean IT Scam — Americans, Chinese, Taiwanese Among Those Arrested
Benzinga
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken a significant step against North Korea’s illicit financial activities, which involve remote IT workers operating within American tech firms. What Happened: The DOJ has announced a series of actions...
US makes arrests over North Korean IT scheme funding weapons programme
The New Zealand Herald
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July 1, 2025
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Kim pays rare public tribute to North Korean soldiers killed in Russia-Ukraine war
Iran Front Page
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July 1, 2025
Photographs of the North Korean leader pausing in front of a line of half a dozen coffins draped in the country’s flag were displayed on a screen at a gala performance held to mark the first anniversary of a military treaty between the North and...
CRINK rethink: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea are no 'axis of evil'
Nikkei Asia
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William Matthews is a senior research fellow for China and the world at Chatham House. Dark forces gather at the borders of a Western world order under siege, its future at the mercy of a quartet of chaos: China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. Be...