{"id":8684,"date":"2024-02-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/north-korea-sold-illegal-gambling-websites-to-south-korean-criminal-network-spy-agency\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T00:00:00","slug":"north-korea-sold-illegal-gambling-websites-to-south-korean-criminal-network-spy-agency","status":"publish","type":"asia","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/north-korea-sold-illegal-gambling-websites-to-south-korean-criminal-network-spy-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200bNorth Korea sold illegal gambling websites to South Korean criminal network: spy agency."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">A North Korean entity under its Workers&#39; Party has created thousands of illegal online gambling websites and sold them to a South Korean cybercrime network for huge profits, the spy agency said Wednesday. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\">Gyonghung Information Technology Co., a 15-member group based in Dandong, a Chinese border city neighboring Sinuiju in the North, allegedly received $5,000 from the unnamed South Korean criminal organization for creating a single website and $3,000 a month for<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\"> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\">maintain the website.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\"> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\">according to the National Intelligence Service (NIS).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">It was also suspected that he would receive an additional $2,000 to $5,000 if the website gathered many users through the bank accounts of Chinese citizens and the global online payment service PayPal. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/asia\/north-korea-seeking-for-money-thru-casino-cruise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">North Korea seeking for money thru Casino Cruise<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The entity was believed to be under the North Korean party&#39;s so-called Office 39, tasked with collecting and managing leader Kim Jong-un&#39;s secret funds, the NIS said, adding that each member of the organization sent around $500 to North Korea <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">government<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"> every month.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/%E2%80%8Bnorth-korea-sold-illegal-gambling-websites-to-south-korean-criminal-network-spy-agency2.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The organization was led by Kim Kwang-myong, who was originally an official in the Northern Reconnaissance General Bureau, Pyongyang&#39;s main intelligence office.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/asia\/north-korean-hackers-are-laundering-money-via-southeast-asias-underground-banks-and-casinos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">North Korean Hackers Are Laundering Money via Southeast Asia&rsquo;s Underground Banks and Casinos<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The North Korean organization also extorted personal information from users who accessed the websites it created by placing malicious code on the websites, according to the agency. 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