EU's first sanctions on cyber attacks target Russian spy agencies and North Korean and Chinese hacking groups

The European Commission (EC) has decided to impose restrictions on cyber organizations in China, North Korea and Russia involved in various cyber attacks. The cyber attack that became a problem, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for (OPCW) cyber attacks and, ' WannaCry ,' ' NotPetya ' and ' Operation Cloud Hopper might include'.

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Sanctions include Russian military espionage organization, General Information Directorate of the Russian Federation Military Staff (GRU) , North Korean hacking group APT38 front company Chosun Expo, and Chinese government-backed hacking group APT10. Huaying Haitai, a front company of Huaying Haitai, and 6 individuals who are allegedly committing criminals.

GRU is suspected of being involved in an attempted hacking attempt on OPCW in October 2018. Of the six people subject to sanctions, four are GRU intelligence members and have been deported from the Netherlands due to an attempted hack to OPCW.

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It was discovered that APT38 was fraudulently withdrawing billions of yen in cash from banks around the world.

It turned out that a North Korean hacker group was illegally withdrawing tens of billions of yen of cash from banks around the world-GIGAZINE

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Furthermore, it is known that APT 10 was deploying a hacking operation ``Operation Cloud Hopper'' that steals intellectual property and confidential information of many companies including military organizations by targeting managed service providers (MSP) all over the world .. Two of the six individuals subject to the sanctions this time are said to have executed Operation Cloud Hopper.

Operation Cloud Hopper Publish unprecedented organized hacking activity on the world that has caused global damage
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Sanctions include travel bans and asset freezes. In addition, EU individuals and groups are prohibited from funding individuals or groups on the sanctioned list.

The EU has just adopted a new legal framework for restricting cyber attacks in May 2019, and has established ``cyber diplomatic tools'' to prevent and deter malicious cyber activity against the EU or its member states. It was This is the first case in which the EU applies this and applies sanctions to organizations and individuals involved in cyber attacks.

``EU sanctions may hinder hacking groups from moving freely, so they may be effective in thwarting future hacking activity,'' said John Haltquist , threat intelligence director for security firm FireEye . Is evaluated.