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Federal Indictment Charges 3 North Korean Military Computer Programmers In Sony Hack, WannaCry Attack That Crippled Computers Worldwide
Each of the hackers have been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse.
February 17, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles unsealed an indictment Wednesday against three North Korean computer programmers who they say were behind several, wide-ranging cyber crimes, including the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014.
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The indictment identifies Jon Chang Hyok, 31; Kim Il, 27; and Park Jin Hyok, 36; as members of the Reconnaissance General Bureau, or RGB, a military intelligence agency of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Park was previously charged in a 2018 criminal complaint.
Each of the hackers have been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse. A Canadian man has also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to laundering funds for the hackers in several of the schemes outlined by federal prosecutors.
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