The indictment alleges that Jon Chang Hyok, 31, Kim Il, 27, and Park Jin Hyok, 36, stole money while working for North Korea's military intelligence services. They're also alleged to have deployed malicious applications from March 2018 through September 2020 to target cryptocurrency users. In one 2016 heist alone - at the Bangladesh Bank - the hackers are alleged to have made off with $81 million. Kristi Johnson, the FBI assistant director in charge for the Los Angeles Field Office, told reporters that the three alleged hackers were believed to be in North Korea. Officials said on Wednesday that Ghaleb Alaumary, a Canadian-American citizen, has separately pleaded guilty to laundering some of the alleged hackers' money.

Source: bd News24 February 17, 2021 18:45 UTC