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Weekly Roundup: Cybercriminals Targeted AML Software Company, North Korean Diplomat Blacklisted, and More

G2 Web Services LLC, an anti-money laundering (AML) software company banks use to segregate and block suspicious transactions, is one of the unnamed firms targeted by four individuals charged this week with conducting the largest-ever theft of client data from U.S. financial institutions, Krebs on Security reported, citing anonymous sources. More The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday blacklisted Kim Sok Chol, North Korea's ambassador to Myanmar, for attempting to help the communist nation circumvent American and U.N. weapons proliferation restrictions. Three other individuals and EKO Development and Investment Company, an Egyptian firm controlled by the North Korean government, were also...

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