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The U.S. Department of Justice has prosecuted three hackers belonging to the North Korean military reconnaissance office and released photos of them, and ordered them to seek prizes.
They are accused of stealing and demanding more than 1.4 trillion won in cash and virtual currency from banks and businesses around the world.
Reporter Won-bae Kim reports.
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Three North Korean hackers prosecuted by the US Department of Justice were Chun Chang-hyuk, Kim Il, and Park Jin-hyuk.
They all belong to the North Korean military intelligence agency, the Reconnaissance Office.
The U.S. Department of Justice has posted a wanted flyer with pictures of them on its website.
According to this, Chun Chang-hyuk uses a pseudonym such as Alex Chang, and was known as born in 1989.
Kim Il has a pseudonym such as Julien Kim and was known to have been born in 1994.
Park Jin-hyuk uses a pseudonym such as Park Gwang-jin, and is known as born in 1984 or 1981.
They are accused of stealing and demanding more than 1.4 trillion won in cash and virtual currency from banks and businesses around the world.
[존 데머스 / 미국 법무부 차관보 : 총이 아닌 키보드를 사용해 현금다발 대신 가상화폐 지갑을 훔치는 북한 공작원들은 세계의 은행 강도가 됐습니다.]
Prosecutors said that in May 2017, they created a destructive ransomware virus, WannaCry, and hacked banks and cryptocurrency exchanges.
They are also accused of developing several malicious cryptocurrency apps, which are a means of invading victim computers from March 2018 to at least September last year, and providing them to hackers.
And, the U.S. Department of Justice said it stole $75 million from a Slovenian company in 2017, $25 million from an Indonesian company in 2018, and $11.8 million from a bank in New York.
The Justice Department said it has attempted to steal information by sending emails containing malware to US defense companies, energy and aerospace companies, as well as the US Department of State and Defense.
This is YTN Kim Won-bae.
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