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The US Department of Justice has indicted a North Korean software developer on charges of conspiracy to develop and sell cyberattack tools — including distributed denial-of-service infrastructure and cyberterrorism-enabling toolkits — through front companies operated by the Workers' Party of Korea. The indictment provides rare detail into how DPRK IT workers generate hard currency for the regime through offensive cyber tool sales, complementing the well-documented cryptocurrency theft and IT contractor programmes.