https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/US-Indicts-North-Korean-Over-Sony-Bank-and-WannaCry-Attacks/m-p/14430#M1562 <P>A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Park Jin Hyok (박진혁; a/k/a Jin Hyok Park and Pak Jin Hek), a North Korean citizen, for his involvement in a conspiracy to conduct multiple destructive cyberattacks around the world resulting in damage to massive amounts of computer hardware, and the extensive loss of data, money and other resources (the “Conspiracy”).&nbsp;</P><P>The complaint alleges that Park was a member of a government-sponsored hacking team known to the private sector as the “Lazarus Group,” and worked for a North Korean government front company, Chosun Expo Joint Venture (a/k/a Korea Expo Joint Venture or “KEJV”), to support the DPRK government’s malicious cyber actions.&nbsp;</P><P>The Conspiracy’s malicious activities include the creation of the malware used in the 2017 WannaCry 2.0 global ransomware attack; the 2016 theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank; the 2014 attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE); and numerous other attacks or intrusions on the entertainment, financial services, defense, technology, and virtual currency industries, academia, and electric utilities.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/north-korean-regime-backed-programmer-charged-conspiracy-conduct-multiple-cyber-attacks-and" target="_self">See more</A></P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:56:15 GMT leroux 2023-10-09T08:56:15Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/US-Indicts-North-Korean-Over-Sony-Bank-and-WannaCry-Attacks/m-p/14430#M1562 <P>A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Park Jin Hyok (박진혁; a/k/a Jin Hyok Park and Pak Jin Hek), a North Korean citizen, for his involvement in a conspiracy to conduct multiple destructive cyberattacks around the world resulting in damage to massive amounts of computer hardware, and the extensive loss of data, money and other resources (the “Conspiracy”).&nbsp;</P><P>The complaint alleges that Park was a member of a government-sponsored hacking team known to the private sector as the “Lazarus Group,” and worked for a North Korean government front company, Chosun Expo Joint Venture (a/k/a Korea Expo Joint Venture or “KEJV”), to support the DPRK government’s malicious cyber actions.&nbsp;</P><P>The Conspiracy’s malicious activities include the creation of the malware used in the 2017 WannaCry 2.0 global ransomware attack; the 2016 theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank; the 2014 attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE); and numerous other attacks or intrusions on the entertainment, financial services, defense, technology, and virtual currency industries, academia, and electric utilities.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/north-korean-regime-backed-programmer-charged-conspiracy-conduct-multiple-cyber-attacks-and" target="_self">See more</A></P> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:56:15 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/US-Indicts-North-Korean-Over-Sony-Bank-and-WannaCry-Attacks/m-p/14430#M1562 leroux 2023-10-09T08:56:15Z