The U.S. government is offering a $5 million reward for information on North Korean nationals sneaking into American tech companies and related cyber schemes. This is an effort to crack down on financial networks that fund the activities of the North Korean regime, including the “proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.”
The reward is offered through the State Department’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program. The program serves as a national security tool and has paid out over $250 million to tipsters since its inception under President Ronald Reagan in 1984.
In a statement on Thursday, the State Department said:
The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information that leads to the disruption of financial mechanisms of persons engaged in certain activities that support the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). This includes the exportation of workers from North Korea to generate revenue, money laundering, and certain cyber activity that supports the DPRK’s proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
The financial reward was announced on the heels of the Department of Justice indicting 14 North Korean nationals on Wednesday for their involvement in an extortion and identity theft racket.
In an earlier report, RedState’sJeff Charles explains: […]
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