U.S. seizes $500,000 in ransom paid to North Korean hackers, official says

Reuters July 19, 2022

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa Monaco Speaks at Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

NEW YORK – The United States has seized around $500,000 in ransom paid last year by a hospital in Kansas and others to North Korean cyber attackers, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said on Tuesday.

Monaco, speaking at a cybersecurity conference at Fordham University in New York, said authorities had returned the stolen funds to victims including the hospital and a medical center in Colorado.

(Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York)

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