The hacks included the WannaCry 2.0 virus, the 2104
Sony Pictures attack, and the 2016 cyber-heist of Bangladesh's central bank.
The US Justice and Treasury Departments said Park Jin Hyok was "part of the conspiracy"
that masterminded those notorious hacks "on behalf of the Government of North Korea or the Workers' Party of Korea."
The Justice Department unveiled criminal charges related to the hacking against Park.
The Treasury announced financial sanctions on Park and a government-controlled company he worked for, Chosun Expo Joint Venture.
"North Korea has demonstrated a pattern of disruptive and harmful cyber activity that is inconsistent with the growing consensus on what constitutes responsible state behavior in cyberspace," the Treasury said in a statement.
"Our policy is to hold North Korea accountable and demonstrate to the regime that there is a cost to its provocative and irresponsible actions.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-govt-linked-north-korean-wannacry-sony.html#jCp
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