2025-5-6 21:29 |
The United States has imposed sanctions on a Myanmar warlord and the militia he leads for their involvement in major cyber scams, including cryptocurrency-related fraud, that have harmed U. S. citizens. origin »
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South Korea has announced sanctions against 15 individuals and one entity from North Korea involved in cybercrimes, including large-scale cryptocurrency heists. The move comes amid rising concerns about North Korea’s use of cyber operations to fund its weapons programs and evade international sanctions.
2024-12-27 05:00 | |
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The sanctioned agents were allegedly generating funds for North Korea’s nuclear weapons development program.
2024-12-27 12:37 | |
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Once more, North Korea has demonstrated its cyber prowess, possibly undermining international sanctions by using cryptocurrencies. According to a recent assessment by UN sanctions monitors, North Korea is suspected of using the Tornado Cash platform to launder a whopping $148 million that was taken from a cryptocurrency exchange in March. This event highlights how difficult […]
2024-5-15 12:30 | |
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned three individuals for using illegal financing and illicit cyber activity to support the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
2023-4-25 01:57 | |
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The sanctions against several well-known individuals and hacking groups came just hours after S. Korea announced a joint cyber venture with U.S. intelligence agencies against ransomware threats.
2023-2-11 12:26 | |
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The redesignation of the crypto mixer essentially replaces the U.S. Treasury’s actions from August, establishing sanctions for its role in “enabling malicious cyber activities.”
2022-11-9 00:55 | |
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“Tornado Cash has repeatedly failed to impose effective controls designed to stop it from laundering funds for malicious cyber actors,” a statement from the Treasury said. Treasury Sanctions Tornado Cash...
2022-8-8 17:18 | |
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The government agency hinted at possible additional sanctions for "financial institutions, cyber insurance firms, and companies involved in digital forensics and incident response" that facilitated ransomware payments.
2021-9-22 19:30 | |
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The U. S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two Russian nationals over the theft of millions of dollars in digital currency. The perpetrators allegedly carried out cyber attacks on three or more cryptocurrency platforms in 2017 and 2018.
2020-9-18 21:20 | |
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Минфин США ввел санкции против хакеров из Северной Кореи. Их обвиняют в краже $2 млрд у биткоин-бирж и банков. Treasury sanctions North Korean state-sponsored malicious cyber groups https://t.co/0CT8WltVCl — Treasury Department (@USTreasury) September 13, 2019 В документе говорится о трех крупных хакерских группировках — Lazarus, Bluenoroff и Andariel. По данным Управления по контролю над иностранными […]
2019-9-17 10:26 | |
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The US shares a complicated relationship with North Korea and it is getting, even more, complex. The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Friday, sanctions against three North Korean hacking groups accused of attacking important institutions, malicious cyber-attacks and stealing millions from cryptocurrency exchanges to financial institutions.
2019-9-14 13:00 | |
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The US Treasury Department has just announced new sanctions against online criminal groups based in North Korea. The groups have reportedly conducted cryptocurrency ransomware attacks and other cyber crimes aimed at subverting international sanctions against the state.
2019-9-13 23:00 | |
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The US Treasury sanctions three North Korean hacking groups that were linked to massive cyber attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges
2019-9-13 21:28 | |
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Bitcoin is not an anonymous asset and can be tracked. A promotional video from Hamas encourages individuals to donate to their cause with Bitcoin. The traditional finance market has been worried about a few of Bitcoin’s attributes, but proponents have largely focused on the blockchain’s lack of anonymity as a reason that criminals would be […]
2019-8-20 23:35 | |
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An intelligence branch of the Russian government used bitcoin to fund its cyberwarfare efforts to interfere with the 2016 U. S. presidential election, the Mueller Report claims.
2019-4-19 23:21 | |
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A new U.N. report is linking cryptocurrency exchange hacks to North Korea. The report reveals that the embattled dictatorship continues to wage cyber attacks against other countries as a way to circumvent global sanctions and acquire foreign currency, using digital currencies to launder its illicit gains.
2019-3-19 21:00 | |
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North Korea, an Asian country known for its military nuclear weapons program, is using cyber attacks and the nascent blockchain technology to dodge economic sanctions, acquire much-needed foreign currency, and cover its tracks, reported the Nikkei Asian Review on March 8.
2019-3-11 16:29 | |
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North Korea has obtained some $670 million in virtual and fiat currency in a bid to bypass economic sanctions put in place as a result of its nuclear and missile programs. The country amassed the funds through cyber attacks, Nikkei says citing an expert panel reporting to the UN Security Council.
2019-3-8 14:24 | |
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It has been widely reported this week that the U. S. government has blacklisted two BTC addresses linked to cyber crime. These particular addresses were singled out because their owners are believed to be Iranians, whose country is currently facing heavy economic sanctions from the U.
2018-11-29 17:20 | |
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For the first time, the U. S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has traced illicit bitcoin activity to the public addresses of two sanctioned individuals.
2018-11-29 21:41 | |
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A cluster of major US inflation and jobs reports due this week could spike volatility in stocks and crypto, with Fed policy expectations in focus as liquidity drops. A series of U.S. economic data releases scheduled for this week could…
Kraken's parent company made a first step toward an IPO, hoping to follow the path of Circle, Gemini, Bullish, and Figure Technologies
New Hampshire has once again notched the first position among other U.S. states after launching a Bitcoin-backed municipal bond. New Hampshire’s business financing agency, the Business Finance Authority, signed the approval on Nov 17 to authorize a “first of its…
United States authorities have indicted Chicago-based crypto ATM operator Virtual Assets LLC and its founder, Firas Isa, with money laundering charges involving fraud and narcotics proceeds. Isa and his firm operated Crypto Dispensers, a company whose core business involved offering…
The U. S. Senate Banking Committee will vote in December 2025 on comprehensive cryptocurrency market structure legislation, according to committee Chair Tim Scott on a recent television interview on Fox News.
Will the White House proposal give the IRS broader access to offshore crypto data as agencies push for tighter tax oversight? The White House is examining a proposed rule that would give the Internal Revenue Service access to data on…
Treasury yields, Federal Reserve policy, have put pressure on risk assets, including Bitcoin, during the government shutdown. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over, but the crypto markets are still in the red. Just hours after lawmakers finalized…