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Not So Fast: U.S. Seizes Ransom Payment from North Korean Hackers

The Department of Justice has revealed that it successfully seized a $500,000 ransom payment that a hospital paid in Kansas to a North Korea-based hacking and ransomware gang.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco revealed the operation in a speech delivered on Tuesday, as she spoke at the International Conference on Cyber Security (ICCS) in New York.

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