Federal Indictment Charges 3 North Korean Military Computer Programmers In Sony Hack, WannaCry Attack That Crippled Computers Worldwide

Culver City CA

17 February, 2021

2:56 PM

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By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles February 17, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles unsealed an indictment Wednesday against three North Korean computer programmers who they say were behind several, wide-ranging cyber crimes, including the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014. The indictment identifies Jon Chang Hyok, 31; Kim Il, 27; and Park Jin Hyok, 36; as members of the Reconnaissance General Bureau, or RGB, a military intelligence agency of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Park was previously charged in a 2018 criminal complaint. Each of the hackers have been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse. A Canadian man has also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to laundering funds for the hackers in several of the schemes outlined by federal prosecutors. Read more at CBS Los Angeles