US offers $5 million reward for information on North Korean hackers

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-offers-5-million-reward-for-information-on-north-korean-hackers/

By Catalin Cimpanu
Zero Day
ZDNet
April 15, 2020

The US government is willing to pay up to $5 million for information on 
North Korea's hackers and their ongoing hacking operations.

The reward for reporting North Korean hackers was announced today in a 
joint report [PDF] published by the Departments of State, Treasury, 
Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The joint report contains a summary of North Korea's recent cyber 
operations and is based on a UN Security Council report published last 
year that details the country's tactic of using hackers to raise funds for 
the Pyongyang regime, as a novel way to bypass international sanctions.

Observed tactics include:

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