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A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with a photo of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, at a train station in Seoul on May 30, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

North Korean hacker used hospital ransomware attacks to fund espionage

U.S. prosecutors say Rim Jong Hyok used ransom payments from American health care providers to steal military secrets.

Jul 25, 2024 By Elias Groll

An Iranian flag waves in a wind outside the Vienna International Centre hosting the United Nations (UN) headquarters and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as the socalled EU 5+1 talks with Iran take place in Vienna, on July 3, 2014. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Iranian nationals charged with hacking U.S. companies, Treasury and State departments

$10 million rewards offered for information regarding the accused, who are allegedly connected to a pair of IRGC front companies.

Apr 23, 2024 By AJ Vicens

The State Department announced its $10 million bounty for details on Conti members at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas in August and promoted the reward on casino chips with QR codes. (Photo by AJ Vicens/CyberScoop)

State Department bounty program for cybercriminal tips has ‘born fruit,’ top FBI official says

A top FBI cyber official says the program encourages people with intimate knowledge of cybercrime to report details to the U.S. government.

Sep 8, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley

State Department hacker reward — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday offered up to $10 million in rewards for the identification or location of anyone trying to interfere in elections “through certain illegal cyber activities.” (Flickr / U.S. Secretary of Defense)

State Department offers up to $10 million in rewards to ID hackers who interfere in election

The offer comes as part of a program typically used to nab terrorism suspects.

Aug 6, 2020 By Jeff Stone