Treasury sanctions Chinese cyber company, employee for 2020 global firewall attack

The department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said Guan Tianfeng used a zero-day exploit to deploy malware on 81,000 firewalls.

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Appeals court tosses sanctions on Tornado Cash crypto mixer

The mixer was sanctioned after a North Korea hacking group used the software to launder more than $455 million.

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Treasury Department sanctions entities tied to North Korean IT scams, hacking

North Korea’s use of malicious cyber activity to evade international sanctions has become a growing problem for U.S. national security.

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Report: Illicit cryptocurrency activity reached all-time high in 2022

A sharp increase in crypto-currency related sanctions resulted in far more crypto transactions being considered illicit.

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Report: Illicit cryptocurrency activity reached all-time high in 2022

A sharp increase in crypto-currency related sanctions resulted in far more crypto transactions being considered illicit.

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Treasury fines virtual currency exchange Bittrex for failing to catch ransomware payments

The virtual currency exchange based in Washington state failed to catch more than 100,000 transactions from sanctioned regions.

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Treasury fines virtual currency exchange Bittrex for failing to catch ransomware payments

The virtual currency exchange based in Washington state failed to catch more than 100,000 transactions from sanctioned regions.

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Treasury updates Lazarus Group sanctions with digital currency address linked to Ronin Bridge hack

The address received $600 million in Ethereum and other digital currency during the March attack, crypto-tracking company Chainalysis said.

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US government sanctions more Ukrainians tied to Biden family smear

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday leveled sanctions at another batch of current and former Ukrainian government officials it says are affiliated with a 2020 election influence campaign. Treasury said all four men have publicly associated themselves with Andrii Derkach, a previously sanctioned Ukrainian parliament member and suspected Russian agent who has met with President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani as part of his bid to spread misinformation about the Biden family. Of the four, Konstantin Kulyk, Oleksandr Onyshchenko and Andriy Telizhenko are former Ukrainian government officials, while Oleksandr Dubinsky currently sits in parliament. Treasury says they are part of Derkach’s inner circle and have coordinated to spread fraudulent, unproven claims. In total, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on Monday on seven individuals and four “media front companies” associated with the disinformation campaign. The other three men are also Derkach supporters, Treasury said. In a sign […]

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