U.S. Sanctions North Korean Andariel Hacker Behind Fraudulent IT Worker Scheme

July 9, 2025
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U.S. Sanctions North Korean Andariel Hacker Behind Fraudulent IT Worker Scheme

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday sanctioned a member of a North Korean hacking group called Andariel for their role in the infamous remote information technology (IT) worker scheme.
The Treasury said Song Kum Hyok, a 38-year-old North Korean national with an address in the Chinese province of Jilin, enabled the fraudulent operation by using

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U.S. Sanctions North Korean Andariel Hacker Behind Fraudulent IT Worker Scheme

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