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U.S. Treasury Hits North Korean Hackers with Sanctions

Thursday, Sep 19 2019
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Written by  Security Tech Brief Staff
U.S. Treasury Hits North Korean Hackers with Sanctions

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned three North Korean state-backed hacking groups, which allegedly conduct cyber attacks to finance the country’s weapons programs. So reports CNN.

U.S. officials specifically named a group known as the Lazarus Group and two of its affiliates, Bluenoroff and Andarial. The Lazarus Group reportedly took part in the WannaCry 2.0 ransomware incident two years ago.

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