U.S. Offers $10 Million Bounty for North Korean Hacker Accused of Stealing Military Secrets

The U.S. State Department on Thursday offered a $10 million bounty for “information leading to the identification or location” of a dangerous North Korean hacker known as Rim Jong-hyok. Federal prosecutors on Thursday indicted Rim for ransomware attacks against American hospitals. The State Department identified Rim as “a national of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) who is associated with a malicious cyber group known as Andariel.” “The Andariel group is controlled by the DPRK’s military intelligence agency, the Reconnaissance General Bureau, which has primary responsibility for the DPRK’s...