In September last year, the US Justice Department charged a North Korean programmer named Park Jin-hyok in connection with the string of malware attacks. US intelligence officials have claimed that North Korea resorted to cyber crime following the imposition of sanctions against the country. The assistant director of the FBI ’s cyber readiness, outreach and intelligence branch, Tonya Ugoretz , said the sanctions promoted North Korea to carry out a range of high-profile incidents, including the hacking of Tonya Ugoretz in the following year , a bank robbery in North Korea in 2016 and the Sony Pictures Entertainment ransomware attack 2014 .
US intelligence officials have claimed that North Korea resorted to cyber crime following the imposition of sanctions against the country. The assistant director of the FBI ’s cyber readiness, outreach and intelligence branch, Tonya Ugoretz , said the sanctions promoted North Korea to carry out a range of high-profile incidents, including the hacking of Tonya Ugoretz in the following year , a bank robbery in North Korea in 2016 and the Sony Pictures Entertainment ransomware attack 2014 .