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US Department of Justice press releases (29)

Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
2014-12Sony Pictures EntertainmentUnited StatesLazarus
On December 2 and 3, 2014Spear-phishing of AMC Theatres employeesU.S.JON CHANG HYOK, KIM IL, PARK JIN HYOK and other hackers/conspirators (RGB)
2016 and 2017Spear-phishing of U.S. defense contractors including Lockheed MartinPark Jin Hyok; "Lazarus Group"; Chosun Expo Joint Venture
March 2016 through February 2020Spear-phishing of defense, energy, aerospace, technology, State Dept, DoDJon Chang Hyok; Kim Il; Park Jin Hyok (RGB; Lazarus Group / APT38)
2017-05WannaCry RansomwareZZZ, 🇷🇺 Russian Federation, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇫🇷 France, 🇰🇷 Korea, Republic of, 🇮🇳 India, 🇨🇳 China, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇺🇸 United StatesLazarus
May 2017; 2017 through 2020Ransomware and Cyber-Enabled Extortion (WannaCry 2.0 and extortion of victim companies)Jon Chang Hyok, Kim Il, Park Jin Hyok (RGB; Lazarus Group and APT38)
September 2018CSIS entry 814
January 2019CSIS entry 760
18 Feb 2021Lazarus: Three North Koreans Charged for Financially Motivated Attacks
2022-03Arkansas Healthcare CompanyUnited StatesAndariel
2022-04Randolph Air Force BaseUnited StatesAndariel
2022-03Colorado Medical ClinicUnited StatesAndariel
2022-07-19 (press release date)Justice Department Seizes and Forfeits Approximately $500,000 from North Korean Ransomware Actors and their Conspirators
2023-10-18 (press release date)Justice Department Announces Court-Authorized Action to Disrupt Illicit Revenue Generation Efforts of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Information Technology Workers
2024-05-16 (press release date)Charges and Seizures Brought in Fraud Scheme, Aimed at Denying Revenue for Workers Associated with North Korea
2024-07-25 (press release date)North Korean Government Hacker Charged for Involvement in Ransomware Attacks Targeting U.S. Hospitals and Health Care Providers
2024-08-08 (press release date)Justice Department Disrupts North Korean Remote IT Worker Fraud Schemes Through Charges and Arrest of Nashville Facilitator
2024-12-12 (press release date)Fourteen North Korean Nationals Indicted for Carrying Out Multi-Year Fraudulent Information Technology Worker Scheme and Related Extortions
2025-01-23 (press release date)Two North Korean Nationals and Three Facilitators Indicted for Multi-Year Fraudulent Remote Information Technology Worker Scheme that Generated Revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
2025-02-11 (press release date)Arizona Woman Pleads Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Illegally Generated $17 Million in Revenue for North Korea
2025-06-30 (press release date)Justice Department Announces Coordinated, Nationwide Actions to Combat North Korean Remote Information Technology Workers’ Illicit Revenue Generation Schemes
2025-06-30 (press release date)Four North Koreans Charged in Nearly $1 Million Cryptocurrency Theft Scheme
2025-06-30 (press release date)Nine Charged with Alleged Scheme to Generate Revenue for North Korean Government and Its Weapons of Mass Destruction Program
2025-11-13 (press release date)Ukrainian Pleads Guilty in DC in Laptop Farm Scheme That Generated Income for North Korean IT Workers
2025-11-14 (press release date)Justice Department Announces Nationwide Actions to Combat Illicit North Korean Government Revenue Generation
2026-01-08 (press release date)New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in Scheme to Generate Revenue for North Korean Weapons Programs
2026-03-20 (press release date)Three sentenced for facilitating computer access in North Korean sanctions evasion scheme
2026-04-15 (press release date)Two U.S. Nationals Sentenced for Facilitating Fraudulent Remote Information Technology Worker Scheme that Generated $5M in Revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
2026-05-06 (press release date)Two U.S. Nationals Sentenced for Facilitating Fraudulent Remote Information Technology Worker Schemes to Generate Revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea