A lone North Korean hacker and a South Korean IT company are a team…”I didn’t want you to unify like this”

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(1)The sole North Korean hacker and South Korean IT company
(2)I can’t believe you’re a team. I hope you’ll unify
(3)It’s not that
(4)Input 20231027 626 PM。
(5)Correction 20231027 626 p.m. Articles
(6)one street
(7)National Police Agency Investigation Headquarters
(8)Damage to 778 people reached 3.4 billion won
(9)Some funds flow to North Korean virtual accounts
(10)Photo = Yonhap News Agency
(11)Police have arrested data recovery companies who conspired with North Korean hackers to distribute ransomware, a malicious program, and advertised password information on portal sites to receive billions of won from victims
(12)According to the National Police Agency on the 27th, from 2018 to last year
(13)Victims whose computers were infected with ransomware over four years
(14)The head of a data recovery agency and two employees, who pocketed 3.4 billion won from 778 people for recovery costs, were arrested on charges of violating the Information and Communication Network Act and aiding and abetting blackmail. The other two, who were also involved in the crime, were reportedly sent without detention

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(1)If a group is infected with ransomware distributed by hackers
(2)All data is encrypted, and data recovery is possible only when a key is obtained from a hacker to unlock it The data recovery agency attracted the victims by organizing with North Korean hackers in advance, receiving information on extensions of ransomware files, and advertising keywords on portal sites
(3)The National Police Agency’s National Investigation Headquarters has been investigating the intelligence that there is a recovery agency that distributes ransomware in South Korea in collusion with North Korean hackers In the process, police confirmed that some of the proceeds were transferred to a virtual asset wallet owned by the North Korean hacker group According to a joint cybersecurity advisory jointly published by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service and the U.S. National Security Agency, there are a total of 43 bitcoin wallets used by North Korean cyber hackers as fund accounts

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