May 08, 2024
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U.S. designates three North Korean hacking groups

Groups responsible for WannaCry and Bangladesh bank heist sanctioned

The U.S. Department of Treasury on Friday issued new designations against three North Korean entities involved in hacking and cyber theft.

Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeted the Lazarus Group, Bluenoroff, Andariel for their wide-ranging cyber crimes and their relationship the previously sanctioned Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB).

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