A federal indictment charges three North Korean computer programmers with participating in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy. (FBI) WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S.
Justice Department has charged three North Korean computer programmers in a broad range of global hacks, including a destructive attack targeting an American movie studio and an extortion scheme aimed at attempting to steal more than $1.3 billion from banks and other financial institutions, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.The newly unsealed indictment builds off an earlier criminal case brought in 2018 and adds two additional North Korean defendants.
Prosecutors identified all three as members of a North Korean military intelligence agency and said they carried out hacks at the.