U.S. Sanctions North Korean Andariel Hacker Behind Fraudulent IT Worker Scheme

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC on Tuesday sanctioned a member of a North Korean hacking group called Andariel for their role in the infamous remote information technology IT worker scheme. The Treasury said Song Kum Hyok, a 38-year-old North Korean...

Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions

In May 2025, the U.S. government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI. But a new report finds the accused continues to operate a slew of established accounts at American tech companies ...

U.S. Sanctions Russian Bulletproof Hosting Provider for Supporting Cybercriminals Behind Ransomware

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC has levied sanctions against Russia-based bulletproof hosting BPH service provider Aeza Group to assist threat actors in their malicious activities and targeting victims in the country and across the world. The sanctions...

U.S. Seizes $7.74M in Crypto Tied to North Korea's Global Fake IT Worker Network

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ said it has filed a civil forfeiture complaint in federal court that targets over $7.74 million in cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens NFTs, and other digital assets allegedly linked to a global IT worker scheme orchestrated by North Korea. "For years, North Kor...

US Sanctions Philippines’ Funnull Technology Over $200M Crypto Scam

The US Department of the Treasury has taken action against Funnull Technology Inc. for enabling massive pig butchering…...

U.S. Sanctions Funnull for $200M Romance Baiting Scams Tied to Crypto Fraud

The U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC has levied sanctions against a Philippines-based company named Funnull Technology Inc. and its administrator Liu Lizhi for providing infrastructure to conduct romance baiting scams that led to massive cryptocurrency losses. T...

U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams

Image: Shutterstock, ArtHead. The U.S. government today imposed economic sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc. , a Philippines-based company that provides computer infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of websites involved in virtual currency investment scams known as “pig butchering." In Janua...

Ensure That Warning Banners Contain Proper Information

Warning banners contain warning information added on the system login page. Security warnings are displayed for all users who log in to the system. The security warnings must include information about the organization to which the system belongs, monitoring or records of login behavior, and legal...

U.S. Treasury Lifts Tornado Cash Sanctions Amid North Korea Money Laundering Probe

The U.S. Treasury Department has announced that it's removing sanctions against Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixer service that has been accused of aiding the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group to launder their ill-gotten proceeds. "Based on the Administration's review of the novel legal and poli...

Alleged Co-Founder of Garantex Arrested in India

Authorities in India today arrested the alleged co-founder of Garantex , a cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the U.S. government in 2022 for facilitating tens of billions of dollars in money laundering by transnational criminal and cybercriminal organizations. Sources close to the investigati...

U.S. Secret Service Seizes Russian Garantex Crypto Exchange Website

A coalition of international law enforcement agencies has seized the website associated with the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex "garantex.org", nearly three years after the service was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in April 2022. "The domain for Garantex has been seized by the Unit...

E.U. Sanctions 3 Russian Nationals for Cyber Attacks Targeting Estonia's Key Ministries

The Council of the European Union has sanctioned three individuals for allegedly carrying out "malicious cyber activities" against Estonia. The three Russian nationals – Nikolay Alexandrovich Korchagin, Vitaly Shevchenko, and Yuriy Fedorovich Denisov – are officers of the General Staff of the Arm...

DoJ Indicts 5 Individuals for $866K North Korean IT Worker Scheme Violations

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Thursday indicted two North Korean nationals, a Mexican national, and two of its own citizens for their alleged involvement in the ongoing fraudulent information technology IT worker scheme that seeks to generate revenue for the Democratic People's Republic o...

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [20 January]

As the digital world becomes more complicated, the lines between national security and cybersecurity are starting to fade. Recent cyber sanctions and intelligence moves show a reality where malware and fake news are used as tools in global politics. Every cyberattack now seems to have deeper...

U.S. Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm Over Treasury Hack Tied to Silk Typhoon

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC has imposed sanctions against a Chinese cybersecurity company and a Shanghai-based cyber actor for their alleged links to the Salt Typhoon group and the recent compromise of the federal agency. "People's Republic of China-linked...

U.S. Sanctions North Korean IT Worker Network Supporting WMD Programs

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC sanctioned two individuals and four entities for their alleged involvement in illicit revenue generation schemes for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea DPRK by dispatching IT workers around the world to obtain employment...

North Korean IT Worker Fraud Linked to 2016 Crowdfunding Scam and Fake Domains

Cybersecurity researchers have identified infrastructure links between the North Korean threat actors behind the fraudulent IT worker schemes and a 2016 crowdfunding scam. The new evidence suggests that Pyongyang-based threamoret groups may have pulled off illicit money-making scams that predate...

US Treasury Department Sanctions Chinese Company Over Cyberattacks

From the Washington Post: The sanctions target Beijing Integrity Technology Group, which U.S. officials say employed workers responsible for the Flax Typhoon attacks which compromised devices including routers and internet-enabled cameras to infiltrate government and industrial targets in the...

U.S. Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm Over Cyberattacks

US sanctions Beijing-based Integrity Technology Group for aiding "Flax Typhoon" hackers in cyberattacks on American infrastructure, freezing assets…...

U.S. Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm for State-Backed Hacking Campaigns

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC on Friday issued sanctions against a Beijing-based cybersecurity company known as Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated for orchestrating several cyber attacks against U.S. victims. These attacks have been publicly attributed...