North Korean websites allegedly impersonating US companies, claims FBI [Video]

The FBI has seized multiple websites that North Korean operatives used to impersonate legitimate US and Indian businesses in a likely effort to raise money for the nuclear-armed North Korean regime, according to statements on the websites and security researchers who investigated the activity.

All four websites identified by cybersecurity firm SentinelOne as North Korean fronts today had a statement in English and Korean saying they had been seized pursuant to a warrant issued by the US District Court of Massachusetts as part of a “coordinated law enforcement action” against the North Korean government.

SentinelOne researchers traced the front companies to a larger set of organisations based in China.

Tracking down and thwarting these fake companies is an immense national security challenge that the Biden administration has tried to tackle and that the Trump administration will inherit.

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