In its first ever sanctions related to cybercrime, the EU targeted the department for special technologies of the Russian military intelligence service
, known as Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, it said in a statement.
North Korean company Chosun Expo was also sanctioned on suspicion of having supported the Lazarus Group, which is deemed responsible for a series of major attacks worldwide, including an $81-million heist against Bangladesh Bank’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2016, the world’s biggest cyber fraud.
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