Australia has imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four entities and one individual linked to North Korea's cryptocurrency theft operations, foreign minister Penny Wong announced today.

The entities include the notorious Lazarus Group hackers, which have been active for around a decade-and-a-half, said to be responsible for the 2014 attack on Sony Pictures, and the WannaCry ransomware campaign of 2017.

Australia also sanctioned a computer programmer allegedly associated with Lazarus, Park Jin Hyok.

Hyok is sought for alleged involvement in the Sony Pictures, WannaCry and Bangladesh Bank attacks, and is thought to be in North Korea.

The United States first sanctioned Hyok in 2018 , and Australia has now hit the government front company he is said to work for, Chosun Expo

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