U.S. sanctions N. Korean cyber scheme to generate revenue for Kim regime

The United States sanctioned a North Korean individual, accused of running a cyber scheme to allow Pyongyang to use its overseas IT workers to generate revenue for the regime.

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said Tuesday that it had sanctioned Song Kum-hyok, describing him as a "malicious" actor associated with the North's hacking group Andariel.

The department accused Song of helping North Korean nationals to be recruited by foreign companies with falsified identities and generating revenue for the North Korean regime.

It also sanctioned one Russian national --two Russian entities, and two North Korean entities for allegedly being involved in an IT worker scheme.