US sanctions alleged North Korean IT sweatshop leader

Turns out outsourcing coders to bankroll Kim’s nukes doesn’t jibe with Uncle Sam

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on 38-year-old Song Kum Hyok, a North Korean accused of attempting to hack the Treasury Department and posing as an IT worker to collect revenue and secret data for Pyongyang.…

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