Authorities said they froze and seized the allegedly illegally obtained funds when North Korean nationals attempted to launder money linked to the long-running conspiracy.| CyberScoop
Disaster was averted after widely used open-source packages were compromised via social engineering.| CyberScoop
U.S. authorities on Monday unsealed indictments, seized financial accounts and made an arrest in the latest attempt to crack down on North Korean remote IT workers.| CyberScoop
Matt Kapko is a reporter at CyberScoop. His beat includes cybercrime, ransomware, software defects and vulnerability (mis)management. The lifelong Californian started his journalism career in 2001 with previous stops at Cybersecurity Dive, CIO, SDxCentral and RCR Wireless News. Matt has a degree in journalism and history from Humboldt State University.| CyberScoop
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