U.S. lawmakers are pressuring President Joe Biden to take a more decisive stance on North Korean cyberthreats, seeking to cut off funding for the regime’s weapons programs. 

In a letter released last week, Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren, Tim Kaine and Chris Van Hollen called on the Biden administration to “address North Korea’s reliance on cryptocurrency to evade sanctions” and detail its current and future plans to stop DPRK cybercriminals. 

The lawmakers also expressed concern about North Korea’s use of digital assets to skirt international sanctions and “fund its illegal weapons programs” in the letter, which they addressed to U.S.