North Korea beats DOJ with IT worker scheme targeting US companies
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north korea Official The US Department of Justice (DOJ) accused them of running a “absurd smear campaign” after announcing it has unraveled several schemes by the Democratic Republic of North Korea (DPRK) to fund the administration through remote information technology work for US companies.
Earlier this week, doj The North Korean actor said he has gained employment with more than 100 US companies, including Fortune 500 companies, with the help of individuals in the US, China, the U.S. Emirates and Taiwan.
The scheme is said to involve workers getting laptops from the companies that hired them, allowing remote North Korean IT workers to access computers remotely. In another scheme, North Korean IT workers used their false identity to acquire jobs at a blockchain research and development company in Atlanta, Georgia, stealing more than $900,000 in cryptocurrency.
As part of an announcement about North Korea’s plans, the DOJ sealed off a five-count indictment against Senxing One, a US citizen living in New Jersey.
On Saturday, March 20th, 2021, the North Korean flag will fly at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Samsul via Getty Images/Bloomberg said)
Wang and his co-conspirators said they got it, according to the DOJ. That remotely work It generated more than $5 million in revenue, along with US companies.
Also indicted in the indictment are Chinese nationals Jing Bin Huang, Baoyu Zhou, Tong Yuze, Yongzhe Xu, Ziyou Yuan and Zhenbang Zhou. Taiwanese citizens have been indicted for contemplating Li and Enchia Liu.
Also indicted was U.S. National Kezia “Tony” Wang of New Jersey.
North Korean telecommunications agency KCNA reported that a spokesman for the DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the US justice system for its actions against DPRK citizens. Cybercrime suspects.
The US has unraveled a complex scheme involving North Korean IT workers who have accessed computers remotely from fake US employers to steal money to fund DPRK. (Wohae Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Image)
“The recent incident is an absurd smear campaign, a violation of sovereignty aimed at damaging the national image, and a continuation of a hostile movement in a series of US administrations that have spoken a lot about the nonexistent “cyber threat” from the DPRK.” “DPRK’s Foreign Office has expressed serious concern and denounced and rejected the provocation of U.S. judicial authorities that threaten and infringe the safety, rights and interests of citizens by producing unfounded ‘cyber’ dramas. ”
The spokesman accused the US of creating “instability in international cyberspace” rather than DPRK.
“For a long time, the US has poses a constant threat to the cybersecurity of DPRK and other sovereign nations by making cyberspace a battle scene and abuses cyber issues as a political weapon that undermines the image of other countries and undermines the exercise of legitimate rights,” the spokesman said.
“The Democratic Republic of Korea has the right to take appropriate and proportionate measures to thoroughly protect the safety and rights of its citizens from law enforcement for ominous political purposes and to call on strict legal accounts for outsiders who have acted maliciously,” the spokesman concluded.
The DOJ said the indictment alleges that throughout most of 2021-2024, the defendant and other co-conspirators violated the identities of more than 80 people in the United States, gaining remote jobs at more than 100 companies. As a result, the victim companies suffered legal costs, computer network repair costs and other damages and losses for adjustments of at least $3 million.
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The Justice Department has announced several schemes by North Korean IT specialists targeting US companies. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Kejia and Zhenxing, along with at least four other US facilitators, are said to have supported overseas IT workers with different parts of the scheme.
Kejia and Zhenxing are said to have set up a shell company with a website and financial account so that overseas IT workers appear to be affiliated with legitimate US companies.
In exchange for their services, Kejia, Zhenxing and four other US co-conspirators received at least $696,000 from IT workers.
DOJ He said one of the companies that planners allegedly accessed the data is a defense contractor developing equipment and technology equipped with artificial intelligence. By accessing company data, schemers were aware of arms regulations (ITAR) international traffic, the DOJ said.
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The DOJ also announced that the FBI and Defense Crime Investigation Services (DCIS) have seized 17 web domains used as part of the scheme, and that 29 financial accounts used to wash the revenues of the North Korean regime hold thousands of dollars.
DOJ announced another part of the scheme, resulting in five countwire fraud and money laundering indictments against five North Korean citizens: Kim Kwang Jin, Kang Taebok, Jeongbong JU, and Change Nam II.
The suspect has been accused of stealing cryptocurrency from two companies that exceeded $900,000 at the time of theft and accusing them of washing their proceeds.
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According to the DOJ, all four of the citizens are large; The FBI wanted it.