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US sanctions North Korean tech worker crew over crypto thefts.
crypto :: 2025-07-09 :: source - cointelegraph
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The US Treasury has sanctioned two people and four entities involved in what it says was a North Korea-run IT worker ring that would infiltrate crypto companies, aiming to exploit them.
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on Tuesday that it sanctioned the North Korea-based Song Kum Hyok for allegedly stealing US citizens’ information to use as aliases and giving it to hired foreign IT workers who would seek employment at US companies.
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