By Kusinthidwa: 25/07/2025

Mu chitsanzo chochititsa chidwi cha kupewa zilango Cyber-enabled, Christina Marie Chapman, 50 wazaka wokhala Litchfield Park, Arizona, waweruzidwa kuti miyezi 102 m'ndende feduro chifukwa cha udindo wake mu ntchito zachinyengo mayiko chinyengo kuti chinathandiza North Korea IT operatives kulowerera pa 300 makampani nsanja US ndi luso cryptocurrency.

Pogwira ntchito zomwe ozenga milandu adazitcha "famu ya laputopu" kunja kwa nyumba yake yakumidzi, Chapman adathandizira nzika zaku North Korea-odzibisa ngati ogwira ntchito ku IT omwe ali kutali ndi US - kupeza ntchito pogwiritsa ntchito zidziwitso zabodza komanso zabodza. Dongosololi lidapeza ndalama zoposa $ 17 miliyoni m'mapindu osaloledwa, ndipo gawo lalikulu likukhulupirira kuti lidabwezedwanso kuti lithandizire kukonza zida za North Korea.

Chapman adavomera mlandu wokonza chiwembu chobera mawaya, kuba zidziwitso zabodza, komanso chiwembu chobera ndalama. Kuwonjezera pa nthawi imene anakhala m’ndende, anaweruzidwa kuti akakhale m’ndende kwa zaka zitatu, ndipo analamulidwa kuti achotse ndalama zoposa $284,000, ndipo ayenera kulipira ndalama zokwana madola 176,850 pobwezera.

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Oimira boma pamilandu anena kuti mlanduwu ndi umodzi mwamilandu yayikulu komanso yowononga kwambiri ya ogwira ntchito ku IT yolumikizidwa ndi Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) yomwe idayimbidwapo ndi Unduna wa Zachilungamo. Ofufuza adagwira ma laputopu opitilira 90 kunyumba ya Chapman, kutsimikizira kuti zida zambiri zidatumizidwa kumadera ogwirizana ndi DPRK kunja.

Opaleshoniyi idakhudza mabizinesi ambiri aku America, kuphatikiza makampani a Fortune 500, mabungwe akulu azachuma, opanga ndege, ndi makampani angapo m'magawo a Web3 ndi crypto. Ozenga mlanduwo adawona kuti ogwira ntchito omwe adakhalapo adapeza njira zovutirapo, zomwe zikuyimira chiwopsezo chachikulu chachitetezo cha pa intaneti komanso chitetezo cha dziko.

“Uwu sunali mlandu wazachuma chabe—unali kuphwanya malamulo a dziko,” anatero woimira boma pamilandu wokhudzidwa ndi mlanduwo.

Chiwopsezo Chalamulo kwa Olemba Ntchito aku US

Mlandu wa Chapman wabweretsa zododometsa m'mabizinesi aku US, ndikudzutsa mafunso okhudza udindo wa olemba anzawo ntchito munthawi yantchito yakutali. Akatswiri azamalamulo achenjeza kuti makampani omwe mosadziwa amalemba ganyu anthu ololedwa - makamaka ochokera m'maboma olamulidwa ndi boma monga North Korea - atha kuyang'anizana ndi zomwe akuyenera kuchita potsatira lamulo la US Treasury lomwe limayendetsedwa ndi Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

"Kulipira wopanga mapulogalamu a DPRK, ngakhale mosadziwa, ndikuphwanya malamulo a OFAC," adatero Aaron Brogan, loya wa chilango yemwe amagwira ntchito pa crypto compliance. "Makampani akuyenera kukweza KYC yawo ndikuchita khama, kapena mbiri yachiwopsezo komanso kusokonekera kwachuma."

Chiwembu cha Chapman chinagwiritsa ntchito chiwopsezo pamapaipi obwereketsa anthu akutali komanso njira zotsimikizira ma ID. Akuluakulu aku US anenanso kuchulukirachulukira kwa zidziwitso zopangidwa ndi AI komanso ukadaulo wakuzama ngati chinthu chomwe chikuvutitsa kuti azindikire omwe akufunsira mwachinyengo.

Njira Yokulirapo Yakulowetsa Mothandizidwa ndi Boma

Chochitika ichi ndi gawo lachitsanzo chokulirapo. Dipatimenti ya US Treasury Department posachedwapa inavomereza anthu angapo ndi mabungwe omwe akugwira nawo ntchito zofanana, ponena kuti ogwira ntchito ku North Korea IT adzilowetsa mwakachetechete m'makampani apadziko lonse a crypto ndi tech, nthawi zina kwa zaka zambiri, ndikutumiza ndalama ku boma la Pyongyang.

Zomwe zaposachedwapa ndi akatswiri a United Nations akusonyeza kuti ntchito za IT za North Korea zikhoza kupanga pakati pa $ 250 miliyoni ndi $ 600 miliyoni pachaka, nthawi zambiri zimayendetsedwa ndi kusinthanitsa kwa crypto ndi zida zachinsinsi za blockchain kuti zipewe kudziwika.