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US sanctions Chinese firm, hacker behind telecom and Treasury hacks
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Yin Kecheng, a Shanghai-based hacker for his role in the recent Treasury breach and a company associated with the Salt Typhoon threat group. “Yin Kecheng has been a cyber actor for over a decade and is affiliated with the People’s Republic of China Ministry of State…
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US cracks down on North Korean IT worker army with more sanctions
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a network of individuals and front companies linked to North Korea’s Ministry of National Defense that have generated revenue via illegal remote IT work schemes. “The DPRK continues to rely on its thousands of overseas IT workers to generate revenue for the regime, to finance its illegal weapons programs, and to enable its support…
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US sanctions Chinese tech firm that targets critical infrastructure
The US has imposed sanctions on a Chinese company that it said has been involved in a series of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure organizations in the US and elsewhere. According to the State Department, cyber security firm Integrity Technology Group provides services to Chinese national and municipal state security and public security bureaus, as well as other government contractors.…
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US sanctions Chinese company linked to Flax Typhoon hackers
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Tech for its involvement in cyberattacks attributed to the Chinese state-sponsored Flax Typhoon hacking group. As the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on Friday, the Chinese state-sponsored hackers used the company’s infrastructure to launch attacks targeting networks of victims in Europe and the United States for over…
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Chinese hackers targeted sanctions office in Treasury attack
Chinese state-backed hackers have reportedly breached the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a Treasury Department office that administers and enforces trade and economic sanctions programs. OFAC was created in December 1950, blocking all Chinese and North Korean assets under U.S. jurisdiction after China entered the Korean War. In a letter sent to Congress this week, the Treasury Department disclosed…
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US sanctions Russian group over AI-generated election disinformation
The US has issued sanctions on organizations in Russia and Iran for attempting to interfere with the 2024 presidential election. The Treasury Department said on Tuesday that the groups tried to “stoke socio-political tensions” and influence voters. One group, the Moscow-based Center for Geopolitical Expertise, has ties to Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), and built a server to host its…
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UK’s NCA sanctions members of the ‘Evil Corp’ gang
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) says it’s identified 16 people behind the Evil Corp cybercrime group, and has found links to the Russian state and other prolific ransomware groups, including LockBit. Five years ago, the head of Evil Corp, Maksim Yakubets, and one of the group’s administrators, Igor Turashev, were indicted in the US and sanctioned, along with several…
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