Australia has followed the US in slapping sanctions on cyber criminals propping up North Korea's creation of weapons of mass destruction.

Financial sanctions and travel bans have been slapped on four entities and one person involved in cybercrime to support and fund North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, the Australian government announced.

A multilateral sanctions monitoring team's second report found North Korean cyber actors stole at least $US1.19 billion ($A1.83 billion) in cryptocurrency from companies across the world in 2024.

North Korean cyber actors stole at least $US1.65 billion ($A2.54 billion) in the first nine months of 2025, with most coming from theft of $US1.4 billion ($A2.2 billion) from the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit in February.

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