U.S. charges North Korean hacker in Sony, Wannacry cyber-attacks

by VTV408 September 2018 Last updated at 10:13 AM

VTV.vn - The U.S. government on Thursday charged and sanctioned a North Korean man in the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware cyberattack and the 2014 cyberassault on Sony Corp, U.S. officials said.

The charges, part of a strategy by the U.S. government to deter future cyberattacks by naming and shaming the alleged perpetrators. Park Jin Hyok worked as part of a team of hackers, also known as the Lazarus Group, to try to breach multiple other U.S. businesses, according to the complaint.

The investigation is continuing.

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