North Korean hacking groups hit with Treasury sanctions

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https://fcw.com/articles/2019/09/13/dprk-cyber-sanctions-johnson.aspx

By Derek B. Johnson
FCW.com
September 13, 2019

The Department of the Treasury hit three North Korean groups with new sanctions 
Sept. 13 for conducting cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, including 
the infamous WannaCry ransomware attacks.

Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control announced that Lazarus Group, an 
advanced persistent threat believed to be working at the behest of the North 
Korean government and two of its subgroups, dubbed Bluenoroff and Andariel, 
will have any U.S.-based or adjacent assets frozen and any organizations or 
financial institutions that do business with them are also at risk for 
designation.

"We will continue to enforce existing U.S. and UN sanctions against North Korea 
and work with the international community to improve cybersecurity of financial 
networks," said Sigal Mandelker, undersecretary for terrorism and financial 
intelligence at Treasury in a statement.

Lazarus Group was identified by U.S. officials in late 2017 as the group 
responsible for unleashing WannaCry, which wrought havoc across hospital and 
health care organizations in as well as other sectors in the United Kingdom and 
other industrial sectors in 2017, as well as the 2014 Sony hack

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