Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) report, 22 Oct 2025
Animation work under false identities (HBO Max, Amazon, Japanese studios) – Dalian Shepherd Boy Animation Studio · 2024 and 2025
(MSMT/2025/2, report p. 59) “An incorrectly configured DPRK cloud storage server enabled analysts at 38 North to analyze the internal operations of DPRK IT workers working on animation projects. These IT workers had posed as non-North Korean nationals in order to fraudulently gain contracts to work on animation projects for many companies, including HBO Max, Amazon, and several Japanese animation studios ... and revealed information about the DPRK-affiliated company Dalian Shepherd Boy Animation Studio Limited.”