U.S. Indicts North Korean Man for Ransomware Attacks on Hospitals, NASA

A North Korean man is accused of using ransomware to attack computer systems at American hospitals, generating money that allegedly paid for a second cyber campaign to hack NASA and U.S. military bases, Justice Department officials announced. An indictment unsealed in Kansas describes a long-running computer crime wave by Rim Jong Hyok, who allegedly worked for North Korea’s military intelligence agency, the Reconnaissance General Bureau.

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