The North Korean men are allegedly part of the Lazarus hacking group, which has targeted banks and cryptocurrency exchanges around the globe.
(Photo Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) The US says it’s identified three North Korean hackers who allegedly tried to steal $1.3 billion in cash and cryptocurrencies in an attempt to fund the country’s government. The Justice Department claims the suspects are all members of Lazarus, the notorious hacking group behind the 2014 Sony Pictures breach and the WannaCry ransomware outbreak in 2017. The same group has also been tied to virtual bank and cryptocurrency heists across the globe. On Wednesday, federal officials unsealed an indictment against the three suspects, claiming they work for North Korea’s government through a military agency known as the Reconnaissance General Bureau. The first suspect, a 36-year-old computer programmer named Park Jin Hyok, was originally charged in 2018 when federal officials announced it had identified a member of Lazarus.
