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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...
Microsoft bans 3,000 Outlook accounts: Know why?
News9 Live
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July 8, 2025
Tech News Microsoft has cracked down on an elaborate North Korean IT scam by suspending around 3,000 Outlook and Hotmail accounts. The scammers infiltrated top companies using advanced AI and stolen identities, prompting swift action from US...
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...
US brings charges in North Korean remote IT worker scheme
Nikkei Asia
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department announced criminal charges Monday in 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...
DOJ said over 100 firms hired North Korean workers who stole U.S. intellectual property
Cryptopolitan
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July 1, 2025
The Justice Department on Monday initiated coordinated actions against the North Korean government’s schemes to fund its weapons program through remote information technology (IT) work for U.S. companies. The DoJ issued two indictments, an arrest,...
U.S. DOJ Cracks Down on North Korean Remote IT Workforce Operating Illegally
GBHackers
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July 1, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a major crackdown on North Korea’s covert use of remote information technology (IT) workers to siphon millions from American companies and fund its weapons programs. The coordinated law...
Circle’s USDC Used By North Korea Claims ZachXBT, US Banking License Under Threat?
Coingape
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July 1, 2025
Popular blockchain investigator ZachXBT noted that the sanctioned state of North Korea is using Circle’s (NASDAQ: CRCL) native stablecoin USDC, and that they are doing “NOTHING” to freeze the activity. This revelation comes as the stablecoin firm...
Kim Jong Un shown mourning North Korean soldiers he sent to die in Putin’s war in Ukraine
The Independent
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July 1, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
‘Rogue Allies’ explores relationship between North Korea, Iran | The Biblio File
Oroville Mercury Register - California
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July 1, 2025
Former Marine Bruce Bechtol Jr., who grew up in Chico, teaches in the Department of Security Studies and Criminal Justice at Angelo State University in Texas, and is a former intelligence officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency. Together with...
FBI says it dismantled North Korean fraud scheme spanning 16 US states
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 1, 2025
Authorities in the US have busted an alleged fraud scheme which planted remote tech workers in more than 100 American companies to help finance the North Korean regime's weapons programs. The scheme saw North Korean tech workers allegedly use...
Two Taiwanese indicted in U.S. for backing N. Korea's weapons program
Focus Taiwan
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July 1, 2025
Washington, June 30 (CNA) Two Taiwanese nationals 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 (WMD) programs, according to U.S....
9 people charged in remote worker scheme that officials say funds North Korea’s weapons program
Boston 25 News - Massachusetts
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July 1, 2025
BOSTON — Nine people have been indicted in Boston in connection with an alleged scheme to infiltrate U.S. companies and generate revenue for North Korea and its weapons of mass destruction programs. Those indicted fraudulently obtained remote jobs...
Delegation from North Korea's top officer training school visits Russia for second time within a year
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 1, 2025
Published: 01 Jul. 2025, 13:48 Updated: 01 Jul. 2025, 13:52 A delegation from Kim Il Sung Military University led by Kim Kum-chol visits Russia on July 8, 2024. [KCNA] A delegation from Kim Il Sung Military University, North Korea’s top training...
The New Nuclear Arms Race
The Atlantic
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July 8, 2025
Keiko Ogura was just 8 years old when the atoms in the Hiroshima bomb started splitting. When we met in January, some 300 feet from where the bomb struck, Ogura was 87. She stands about five feet tall in heels, and although she has slowed down...
Kim Jong-un pays rare public tribute to North Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine
The Guardian
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July 1, 2025
Kim Jong-un has paid tribute to North Korean soldiers killed during Russia’s war with Ukraine, resting his hands on their repatriated coffins in a rare public acknowledgment that his armed forces have suffered fatalities in the conflict....
US brings charges in North Korean remote worker scheme that officials say funds weapons...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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Separate cases in Georgia and Massachusetts represent the latest Justice Department effort to confront a persistent threat that officials say generates enormous revenue for the North Korean government and in some cases affords workers access to...
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...
US busts network that helped North Koreans obtain remote IT work
ETTelecom.com
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July 1, 2025
Washington: The US Justice Department said Monday it has taken down a network that allegedly helped North Koreans obtain remote IT work with companies to raise funds for the sanctioned Asian country's weapons program. A US national, Zhenxing Wang...
FBI arrests one man, searches laptops in 16 states in crackdown on North Korean tech-worker scheme
Crossroads Today - Texas
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(CNN) — US law enforcement has arrested a New Jersey man and searched stashes of laptops in 16 states in a sweeping crackdown on North Korean efforts to use remote tech workers to covertly fund their weapons programs, the Justice Department said...
US Announces Crackdown on North Koreans Posing as IT Workers
Bank Information Security - New Jersey
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Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Government DOJ Indictments, Enforcement Actions Follow Nationwide Search for 'Laptop Farms' Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • June 30, 2025 North Koreans posed as IT workers to...