Voice phishing hacking applications sold by Song Rim (continued)

Date (as written): since July 2020
Year: 2020
Country: China; Republic of Korea
Actors (as written): Song Rim (Munitions Industry Department-linked IT worker)
Actor pages: Song Rim
Tags (as written): voice phishing; IT workers
Dollar figures (as written): around $635 million; $635 million

Source entries (2)

UN Panel of Experts S/2022/668

Voice phishing hacking applications sold by DPRK IT worker Song Rim · July 2020 (arrests)

Para 121: “According to information provided by a Member State, information technology (IT) workers of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea linked to the Munitions Industry Department have been earning foreign currency by selling voice phishing hacking applications and operating multiple overseas servers and Internet Protocol addresses.” Footnote 94: “According to the authorities of this Member State, the amount of lost funds in these voice phishing cases is estimated at around $635 million.” Para 122: “In July 2020, four Republic of Korea nationals were arrested by the authorities in Tianjin, China, and extradited to the Republic of Korea. One testified that criminal groups had purchased the personal information of Republic of Korea nationals as well as voice phishing hacking applications from a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea IT worker. ... An individual in the video was identified as Song Rim, a worker at the “Biryugang Overseas Technology Cooperation Company” ...” (annexes 51, 52)

https://undocs.org/S/2022/668

UN Panel of Experts S/2023/171

Voice phishing hacking applications sold by Song Rim (continued) · since July 2020

Para 133: “The Panel previously reported on a Munitions Industry Department-linked Democratic People’s Republic of Korea information technology worker, Song Rim, who has been illegally earning foreign currency by selling voice phishing hacking applications and operating multiple overseas servers and Internet Protocol addresses. Song Rim has reportedly been selling these voice phishing hacking applications in China since July 2020.” Para 134: “... a voice phishing crime ring led by a Chinese individual, Hong Yong, operated six local voice phishing call centres, and is believed to have purchased voice phishing hacking applications from Song Rim.” Para 135: China replied that it had “found no evidence that Song Rim was involved in the selling of phishing software or in the operation of phishing call centers within Chinese borders”.

https://undocs.org/S/2023/171

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