TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

North Korean state-backed hackers are distributing a malicious version of a legitimate application developed by CyberLink, a Taiwanese software maker, to target downstream customers.

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Wired

APRIL 14, 2025

billion in cryptocurrency from a single exchange, North Koreas TraderTraitor is one of the most sophisticated cybercrime groups in the world. Allegedly responsible for the theft of $1.5

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TechSpot

JULY 9, 2024

Increasing geopolitical tensions have raised concerns that countries such as Russia, China, and North Korea could target subsea cables during a military crisis. Such a thing is not unprecedented; Yemeni Houthi rebels were suspected of damaging underwater Red Sea cables responsible for 17% of global internet traffic in February.

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NCE Social Media

MARCH 11, 2013

Recently, one of the most repressive governments, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea to you and me, allowed two reporters to begin to use Instagram to share photos of their country. How would you want to do a video using Vine or YouTube ? But not everyone knows that yet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Funraise customers include hundreds of organizations of all sizes, including National Wildlife Federation, Prostate Cancer Foundation, and Liberty in North Korea. No more clunky, cobbled-together solutions, or out-of-date hardware. Funraise has raised more than $13 million in venture capital to date.

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TechSpot

JULY 1, 2022

That's bad news for investors, crypto companies, and North Korea but good news for those looking to buy a used graphics card, especially as Ethereum's upcoming switch. The crypto market isn't showing any signs of improving, barring a temporary uptick over the weekend that saw markets briefly pass $1 trillion.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

It said government-backed hackers based in North Korea had set up a blog to lure their targets to, which would infect their machines even if they were running fully-patched software. Regardless of the exact bug being patched, it’s more important than usual to ensure you’re running the latest version of Chrome.

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The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Government-backed hackers based in North Korea are targeting individual security researchers through a number of means including a “novel social engineering method,” Google’s Threat Analysis Group is reporting. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

JULY 16, 2020

Earlier this year, the US and UK issued a warning about “advanced persistent threat groups” from countries like China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia targeting health-care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, academia, medical research groups, and local governments.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In November, Microsoft detected cyberattacks from nation-state actors in Russia and North Korea on companies with COVID-19 vaccines in various stages of clinical trials. Multiple companies have submitted COVID-19 vaccines for review to the Food and Drug Administration, including Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna.

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The Verge

APRIL 14, 2022

According to cryptocurrency investigation group Chainanalysis , the Lazarus group is tied to North Korea’s intelligence agency and was responsible for seven attacks last year. The group gained notoriety for hacking Sony Pictures in 2014 , leaking The Interview , a comedy set in North Korea directed by Seth Rogen.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 29, 2022

Aside from the few countries that have restricted or outright banned them (including Belarus, China, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Oman, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and the United Arab Emirates), VPNs are perfectly legal in most of the world. Hold up — are VPNs legal?

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Achieve

MARCH 11, 2015

LiNK (Liberty in North Korea). is a human rights organization that physically rescues North Korean refugees and helps resettle them in South Korea or the United States so they can avoid being forcibly repatriated back to North Korea, where they can face harsh punishments as a result of illegally immigrating.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The Care2 community’s signatures not only highlighted causes, but also had a direct impact on global issues including the European Union’s vote to ban seal products, the passing of the American Clean Energy Security Act and the release of Euna Lee and Laura Ling from North Korea. ?

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Achieve

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Liberty in North Korea. , or LiNK, an organization based in California that works to rescue and resettle North Korean refugees. Similarly, during this year’s Giving Tuesday event, I had a number of chances to witness the power of peer-to-peer fundraising in action. One of them involved.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

A manufacturer in Taiwan can fill a 20- or 40-foot container with whatever they need to ship, put it on a truck, move it to one of Boundary Layer’s high-speed container ships, then put it on a truck in North Korea and have it delivered to the assembly plant.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Tensions with North Korea. Hate is not only a word that is being slung around in our everyday vernacular; it is now being expressed as the deeply divisive emotion that the word represents—and many people have felt the effects of this emotion. Restricted rights of women and the LGBTQ community. The horror of Charlottesville.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 26, 2023

For yet another year, hackers stole billions of dollars in crypto. But for the first time since 2020, the trend is downwards, according to crypto security firms.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Of course, being in proximity to North Korea, one of the most dire countries in terms of respect for human rights, meant that this topic came up frequently. Google Ideas was there in force, and even as a longtime security geek I learned some things by attending one of their training sessions.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Liberty in North Korea. , or LiNK, an organization based in California that works to rescue and resettle North Korean refugees. Similarly, during this year’s Giving Tuesday event, I had a number of chances to witness the power of peer-to-peer fundraising in action. One of them involved.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As part of an international law enforcement investigation, the FBI and the Dutch Financial Intelligence and Investigation Service have seized the websites of a crypto mixer that was allegedly used by North Korean hackers and several cybercriminals to launder stolen funds and obfuscate transactions. On Wednesday, the U.S.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 29, 2016

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TechRepublic

APRIL 4, 2025

The attackers pose as legitimate remote IT workers, looking to both generate revenue and access sensitive company data through employment. Europe needs to wake up fast, according to Googles Jamie Collier.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Most famously, hospitals across the UK were shut down in 2017 after North Korea unleashed the WannaCry ransomware across the globe. That incident is believed to be the first-ever patient death due to a cyberattack on a health care facility.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

links North Korea to latest crypto hack : The U.S. but if you are: Musk said he wanted to buy the social media giant. Some of his language in the proposal suggested a hostile takeover, so Kyle took a look at hostile takeover history and what it might mean for Twitter’s case.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2021

It reminded me of a military parade in North Korea or China,” Mr. Miyato said. “It Hirofumi Miyato, 56, of Tokyo, was watching a game on television and saw the Pepper group in team uniforms moving their arms in unison. He wasn’t inspired to cheer along. “It It felt creepy.”.

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InfoWorld

MARCH 1, 2024

President Joseph Biden has issued an executive order intended to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data from exploitation from countries of concern including China, Russa, Iran, and North Korea.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

Plenty of blame to go around : 3CX confirms that North Korea was behind a supply chain attack , reports Carly. Avengers assemble : MCU’s female superhero trio, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel and Captain Rambeau, team up in “The Marvels” movie, Lauren writes.

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Achieve

JUNE 7, 2015

Liberty in North Korea. LiNK is focused on helping North Korean refugees, which is a heavy and near impossible cause because of all of the roadblocks that they face on a daily basis. Below are a few examples of ways they have been effective in this approach. Make Your Audience Laugh.

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Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The cryptocurrency industry and those responsible for securing it are still in shock following Fridays heist, likely by North Korea, that drained $1.5 billion from Dubai-based exchange Bybit, making the theft by far the biggest ever in digital asset history.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

When I showed Google Earth for the first time to my dad on an iPad, the first thing he did was to look for the house he grew up in, deep in North Korea, having left it behind some 60 years ago during the Korean War.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 20, 2025

In a press release , 23andMe detailed bidding requirements and procedures for a sale, such as that it will not accept bids from entities based in or controlling investments from "countries of concern" like China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or Venezuela.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

David Keyes is very clear that the mission of Movements.org and in fact all of the Advancing Human Rights programs is to empower human rights activists in closed societies like Russia, China, Iran, Syria, and North Korea.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

a bigger threat than North Korea. [Image: Salling Group /LinkedIn] Attitudes towards the U.S. have soured in Denmark as President Donald Trump has called for taking control of Greenland , an autonomous Danish territory, and for putting tariffs on European goods. A YouGov poll released in January found Danes consider the U.S.

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Ars Technica

MARCH 12, 2025

Researchers have discovered multiple Android apps, some that were available in Google Play after passing the companys security vetting, that surreptitiously uploaded sensitive user information to spies working for the North Korean government.

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Singularity Hub

MARCH 1, 2025

Computing How North Korea Pulled Off a $1.5 Sonnets predecessor, released in fall 2024, similarly cost a few tens of millions of dollars to train, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei revealed in a recent essay.

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