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Umnal IT worker Choe Il-kuk (persona “Naoki Murano”) possibly connected to Wagemole and Contagious Interview

Date (as written)
mid-2025
Year
2025
Country
Russian Federation (Vladivostok)
Actors (as written)
Umnal delegation (Chinyong IT)
Actor pages
Umnal delegation
Tags (as written)
IT workers

Source entries (1)

Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) report, 22 Oct 2025

Umnal IT worker Choe Il-kuk (persona “Naoki Murano”) possibly connected to Wagemole and Contagious Interview · mid-2025
(MSMT/2025/2, report p. 64) “According to an MSMT Participating State, an Umnal IT worker, Choe Il-kuk, who has used the false persona Naoki Murano, may be connected to malicious IT worker activity known as Wagemole and Contagious Interview discussed earlier.”
https://github.com/tayvano/lazarus-bluenoroff-research/blob/main/pdfs/2025-10-22_MSMT-Report.pdf

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