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US sanctions alleged North Korean IT sweatshop leader

  • The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on North Korean Song Kum Hyok for alleged cyber activities and leading an IT worker scam to collect revenue and data for Pyongyang.
  • Song Kum Hyok is associated with the Andariel cyber group, a North Korean military intelligence agency, involved in infecting US hospitals with ransomware and carrying out digital intrusions worldwide.
  • Song allegedly orchestrated a fake IT worker scheme, hiring foreign techies to work for US companies, using stolen identities to create aliases, and sending a share of the income back to North Korea for illicit activities.
  • The US Treasury also sanctioned a Russian national, Gayk Asatryan, for employing North Korean IT workers through Russia-based companies, as part of efforts to combat North Korean IT worker scams disrupting major companies.

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