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Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Acting at the Direction of North Korea to Export Firearms, Ammo, and Technology to North Korea
The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Puerto Rico
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June 9, 2025
An illegal alien from China pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for illegally exporting firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea by concealing them inside shipping containers that departed from the Port of Long...
New North Korean Malware OtterCookie Uses Fake Job Offers to Steal Credentials
EIN Presswire
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June 3, 2025
DUBAI, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, June 3, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- ANY.RUN, a trusted provider of cybersecurity solutions, has published a new malware analysis exposing OtterCookie, a newly identified JavaScript-based stealer deployed by...
DTEX Exposes North Korea’s Cybercrime Syndicate, Urges Rethink of Threat
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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May 14, 2025
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DTEX Systems, the trusted leader of insider risk management, has released a groundbreaking report exposing North Korea’s (DPRK) global cybercrime network – revealing a mafia-like operation fuelled...
President Lai meets Japanese Diet Member and former Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Nishimura Yasutoshi
Taiwan President News
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May 5, 2025
TAIWAN, May 5 - Details 2025-05-02 President Lai meets Atlantic Council delegation On the afternoon of May 2, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation from the Atlantic Council, a think tank based in Washington, DC. In remarks, President Lai...
NATO Legislators Visit London to Discuss Transatlantic Economic Tensions
NATO Parliamentary Assembly
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June 19, 2025
19 June 2025 The United Kingdom (UK) is investing for a future as a leader among NATO’s European Allies. In this new era for defence and security, when Russia is waging war on the European continent and probing European defences elsewhere, the UK...
Nametag Introduces VerifiedHire™ to Combat North Korean Remote IT Worker Fraud
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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February 12, 2025
SEATTLE, Feb. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nametag, the leading provider of integrated identity verification and account protection solutions, today announced VerifiedHire™, a groundbreaking solution for secure employee onboarding and initial...
Diamond Equity Research Initiates Coverage on Almonty Industries, Inc. (TSX: AII) (ASX: AII) (FWB: ALI) (OTCQX: ALMTF)
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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April 7, 2025
New York, NY, April 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Diamond Equity Research, a leading equity research firm with a focus on small capitalization public companies has initiated coverage of Almonty Industries, Inc. (TSX: AII) (ASX: AII) (FWB: ALI)...
ANY.RUN Exposes North Korean ‘Fake Interview’ Campaign: BeaverTail Loader Deploys InvisibleFerret Malware
EIN Presswire
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January 21, 2025
DUBAI, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, January 21, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- ANY.RUN released technical research on a new wave of North Korean-linked malware campaigns disguised as job interviews. 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗹, a JavaScript-based loader, deploys...
California Man Arrested for Allegedly Exporting Shipments of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Military Items to North Korea
The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Puerto Rico
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December 3, 2024
Shenghua Wen, 41, of Ontario, California, was arrested today on a criminal complaint alleging that he exported shipments of firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea that were concealed inside shipping containers bound from Long...
Chinese National and DPRK Facilitator Extradited to the United States; Faces Charges of Conspiracy, Bank Fraud, and Violating North Korea Sanctions
The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Puerto Rico
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September 30, 2024
On Sept. 27, the Commonwealth of Australia extradited Jin Guanghua, 53, to the United States. Jin, a Chinese national, and his co-conspirators North Korean banker, Sim Hyon-Sop, 50, and Chinese nationals Qin Guoming, 60, and Han Linlin, 41, both...
North Korean Government Hacker Charged for Involvement in Ransomware Attacks Targeting U.S. Hospitals and Health Care Providers
The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Puerto Rico
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July 25, 2024
Note: View the indictment here and view cryptocurrency seizure affidavit here. A grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, returned an indictment on Wednesday charging North Korean national Rim Jong Hyok for his involvement in a conspiracy to hack and...
Barrasso Issues Report on the International Energy Agency
U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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December 23, 2024
Report details IEA’s flawed modeling and calls on agency to focus on energy security WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, released a report documenting how...
The End of North Korean Sanctions Enforcement…and What Comes Next
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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July 8, 2024
Sanctions enforcement against North Korea is collapsing. Alternative strategies are likely to be ineffective, and North Korea is poised to take advantage. Enforcement of United Nations sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea...
FBI Special Agent Chris Wong Joins TRM Labs
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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June 12, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, June 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Christopher Wong, one of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s foremost experts on cryptocurrency investigations, has joined TRM Labs. Wong served with the FBI for ten years, most recently as...
Wrap Up: Congress Taking Action to Ensure the Safety of Americans’ Personal DNA Data
House Committee on Oversight and Reform - Washington D.C.
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June 11, 2025
WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing today titled “Securing Americans’ Genetic Information: Privacy and National Security Concerns Surrounding 23andMe’s Bankruptcy Sale.” During the hearing, members...
Commanding the Future: How SFA Is Advancing U.S. Space Strategy and Global Economic Power
EIN Presswire
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June 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, June 5, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a time of intensifying strategic competition and rapid technological transformation, space has emerged as the new frontier of power, security, and economic opportunity. The...
President Lai delivers address on first anniversary of taking office
Taiwan President News
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May 20, 2025
TAIWAN, May 20 - Details 2025-05-13 President Lai interviewed by Japan’s Nikkei In a recent interview with Japan’s Nikkei, President Lai Ching-te responded to questions regarding Taiwan-Japan and Taiwan-United States relations, cross-strait...
President Lai interviewed by Nippon Television and Yomiuri TV
Taiwan President News
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May 20, 2025
TAIWAN, May 20 - Details 2025-05-20 President Lai delivers address on first anniversary of taking office On the morning of May 20, President Lai Ching-te delivered an address on the first anniversary of his taking office. In his address, the...
President Lai extends congratulations on election of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV
Taiwan President News
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May 9, 2025
TAIWAN, May 9 - Details 2025-05-05 President Lai meets Japanese Diet Member and former Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Nishimura Yasutoshi On the afternoon of May 5, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation from Japan led by House of...
NATO leaders must boost defence investments to deter threats from Russia and its authoritarian enablers
NATO Parliamentary Assembly
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May 25, 2025
24 May 2025 DAYTON, OHIO – Weeks ahead of a key NATO summit, lawmakers from across the Alliance warned leaders that Allied nations must upgrade their defences quickly to protect against a belligerent Russia and deter others from threatening Europe...