North Korean hackers are back! Two Taiwanese individuals assisted in defrauding 5 million dollars and another case involved stealing 900 thousand dollars in encryption assets.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) stated on 6/30 that two Taiwanese individuals, six Chinese individuals, and one American citizen were suspected of assisting North Korean hackers in impersonating identities and obtaining remote work positions at over a hundred companies in the U.S., resulting in the theft of more than 5 million dollars in illegal profits for the North Korean government. Another case involved North Korean hackers infiltrating blockchain companies in the U.S. and Serbia, stealing nearly 90 dollars worth of encryption assets.

From 2021 to 2024, North Korean hackers continued to infiltrate American companies.

According to the document, this scam can be traced back to 2021, when North Korean hackers used fake identities and fraudulent American documents to apply for remote jobs at American companies. After gaining the trust of the companies, they began to steal confidential information and cryptocurrency assets.

As for the team members supporting the North Korean hackers, they are composed of individuals from Taiwan, China, the UAE, and the United States, and they have set up a "Laptop Farm" ( in the United States, allowing North Korean hackers to remotely control corporate computers abroad, pretending to be in the United States.

Two Taiwanese individuals were prosecuted for setting up a fraudulent website.

The document states that New Jersey man Zhenxing Wang ) is one of the main suspects, who, along with individuals from multiple countries, defrauded American companies of more than 5 million dollars solely through remote IT positions.

Among them, Mengting Liu ( and Enchia Liu ), two Taiwanese individuals, were listed by the prosecution as accomplices, and were involved in establishing shell companies and setting up fraudulent websites to collect illegal proceeds from North Korean hackers, which were then transferred to the North Korean government.

FBI launches a sweeping operation across 14 states in the United States.

In this regard, the FBI seized over 70 laptops and remote devices across 3 states last October and shut down 4 fake domains.

In June of this year, 29 financial accounts and 17 fraudulent websites were seized, with funds amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars confiscated. Subsequently, the search scale was expanded to 14 states across the United States, launching raids on 21 laptop farms, resulting in the seizure of approximately 137 laptop devices.

North Korean hackers used mixers to steal 900,000 in cryptocurrency.

The U.S. Department of Justice has also revealed another case. The Georgia prosecutors indicted four North Korean hackers on June 30, accusing them of impersonation and infiltrating blockchain companies in the United States and Serbia, and using the mixer "Tornado Cash" to launder money, stealing over 900,000 in crypto assets.

North Korean hackers earn hundreds of millions of dollars annually, and the U.S. government is offering a hefty reward.

The FBI has issued announcements in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, warning that North Korean hackers impersonate remote workers using fake websites, social media accounts, and payment platforms to commit fraud. A North Korean hacker could earn as much as $300,000 for the North Korean government in a year, and these fraudulent activities could generate annual revenues of up to hundreds of millions of dollars, with a significant portion of the funds flowing to the North Korean military and missile development projects.

The U.S. State Department also announced a reward of up to $5 million, encouraging individuals to assist in tracking down North Korean fraud and related money laundering networks.

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