The US Treasury Department has designated three groups, including a hacker group “Lazarus”, which is involved in North Korean authorities, as sanctions for being involved in cyber attacks by computer viruses that caused damage around the world on 2017. Announced.
Other designations were Hazards “Brunorov” and “Andariel” under Lazarus. Assets in the United States are frozen and transactions with Americans are prohibited.
According to the US Treasury, Lazarus was involved in a cyber attack using a computer virus called “WannaCry 2.0”, called ransomware, in 17 years, causing damage in at least 150 countries, including Japan. . In 2014, he was involved in a cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), a comedy film production company depicting the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the first secretary of the Korean Labor Party. Brunorov, along with Lazarus, was involved in a cyber attack on the Bangladesh Central Bank in 2016 and stole about 80 million dollars.
“We will continue to enforce US and UN sanctions against North Korea and work with the international community to improve cybersecurity in financial networks,” Mandelker, US Treasury Secretary, stressed. (Washington = Koji Sonoda)
