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Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin is the data correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Reuters, TASS and the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA).
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News US offers $10M bounty for North Korean hacker tied to attacks on NASA, hospitalsState Department accuses Rim Jong Hyok of working for DPRK cyber group Andariel that targets military intel ![]() The U.S. has placed a $10 million bounty on a North Korean national tied to a notorious cybercrime syndicate, accusing him of infecting health care systems with ransomware and attacking NASA and the U.S. Air Force. The reward is for information that could lead to the identification or location of Rim Jong Hyok, who is “associated with a malicious cyber group known as Andariel,” the State Department announced in a press release on Thursday. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |