USA JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CHARGES ALLEGEDLY NORTH KOREAN MAN WITH CYBERATTACK ON AMERICAN HOSPITALS AND NASA.

A North Korean man is accused of using ransomware to attack computer systems at American hospitals, generating money that allegedly paid for a second cyber campaign to hack NASA and U.S. military bases, Justice Department officials announced Thursday.

An indictment unsealed in Kansas describes a long-running computer crime wave by "Rim Jong Hyok" , who allegedly worked for North Korea’s military intelligence agency, the Reconnaissance General Bureau.