https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5nyyx/doj-charge-north-korea-wannacry-sony-hack

On Thursday, the Department of Justice took the unprecedented step of charging a hacker allegedly working for the North Korean state. This programmer, called Park Jin Hyok, worked on the powerful WannaCry ransomware, was involved in the digital heist of tens of millions of dollars from a Bangladeshi bank in 2016, and the hack of Sony Pictures in 2014, according to the DOJ.

The move is the latest charge from the United States against a hacker working for a nation state, but the first time it has charged someone hacking for North Korea specifically. The charges come just after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he has “unwavering trust” in reigniting denuclearization talks with President Trump.