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| $ 5 million to get information about North Korean hackers |
To support international efforts to disrupt illegal activities in North Korea, the US government will provide up to $ 5 million to anyone who can exchange information about illegal activities in North Korea in cyberspace, including past or present piracy. Reward.
The Justice Rewards Program website states that "the Justice Council's state rewards program offers up to $ 5 million in rewards for information that disrupts financial mechanisms for participants in certain activities to support North Korea, including money laundering, avoiding sanctions and cybercrime."
Earlier in the day, the US State Department, the Treasury Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI warned the world that North Korean-backed hackers pose a major threat to Internet banking and financial institutions. around the world.
The warning says: "The United States is very concerned about the malicious cyber activities of North Korea, and North Korea is capable of sabotage or destructive activities that disrupt major US infrastructure."
The warning added: "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is using Internet functions to steal money from financial institutions and has shown harmful patterns of cyber activity, which is fully in line with the growing international consensus on responsible national behavior in cyberspace. The contradiction."
North Korea's online activities target financial institutions to secure the country's source of income and circumvent UN Security Council sanctions. According to the United States, North Korea has attempted to steal up to $ 2 billion in funds through malicious activity online.
The list of malicious activities includes stealing money from financial institutions, platforms for digital currencies, the use of digital methods of money laundering unlawfully, cyber attacks against ransomware, the use of software to maliciously attack victims in other countries and misuse their systems to use digital currencies.
The United States believes that North Korea has developed a strong military capability to carry out more subversive or destructive attacks on its important infrastructure. The warning also lists some of the cyberattacks publicly attributed to North Korean hackers, including:
- Sony Pictures were hacked in 2014.
- The Bank of Bangladesh stole 81 million dollars.
- (WannaCry) released worldwide in 2017.
- Withdraw tens of millions of dollars in cash from the ATM fraud program (FASTCash).
- The cryptocurrency platform stole $ 250 million.