3 North Koreans Indicted for Conspiring to Steal $1.3 Billion
Indicted (from left): Kim Il, Park Jin Hyok and Jon Chang Hyok Three North Koreans have been indicted for allegedly taking part in a criminal conspiracy that attempted to steal or extort $1.3 billion in cryptocurrency and cash from banks and other organizations around the world, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday. In a 33-page federal indictment unsealed Wednesday, prosecutors allege that the hackers are part of an elite cyber unit - known as the Lazarus Group, APT38 or Hidden Cobra - within North Korea's military intelligence operation, the Reconnaissance General Bureau. "Simply...