US: Japan, the US, South Korea and Australia impose sanctions on North Korea's reconnaissance satellite launch...including the hacking organization ``Kimsky''

On the 30th (local time), the U.S. government announced, after coordination between Japan, the U.S., South Korea, and Australia, that it would impose sanctions on those involved in North Korea's recent reconnaissance satellite launches.
On the same day, US Secretary of State Blinken announced in a statement that Japan, the US, South Korea, and Australia announced that on November 21, North Korea's military
In response to the reconnaissance satellite launch, the two countries announced that they would designate North Korean officials and others as targets for sanctions. Japan, the US, South Korea and Australia announce sanctions against North Korea after consultations
Secretary Blinken explained that this is the first time that In a related move, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on the same day that North Korea's revenue-generating and missile technology supports North Korea's weapons of mass destruction program.
Sanctions were imposed on eight North Korean officials involved in the procurement, including Choi Sung-cheol, Choi Eun-hyuk, and Im Sung-soon. OFAC also investigated the hacker organization Kimski, which is affiliated with North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau
' were also included in the sanctions. In South Korea, Kimsky leaked South Korean hydropower and nuclear power documents (2014), spoofed emails from the National Security Office (2016), and spoofed emails from government agencies, parliamentary offices, and reporters (2022).
An incident occurred. On the same day, OFAC announced on its website that it was a response to North Korea's claim that it was a military satellite launch.
"This demonstrates the multifaceted efforts of the United States and its partners to prevent North Korea from using its revenue generation, material procurement, and intelligence gathering capabilities to advance the export of illegal weapons and related materials."
Four countries, led by the United States, have launched sanctions against North Korea because China and Russia, two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, have recently maintained their opposition to tightening sanctions against North Korea. cage
This appears to be based on the judgment that new sanctions against North Korea at the Security Council level would be realistically difficult.