North Korea Accused of Hacking Online Games For Profit

According to South Korean authorities, North Korean computer experts were tasked with raising money by attacking the servers of popular online games
and using automated software to accumulate in-game enhancements they
could sell to legitimate players. "In a little less than two years, the
police said, the organizers made $6 million. The North Korean computer
experts were each required to send at least $500 a month back to the
Pyongyang government, the police said. It remained unclear how much of
the rest of their profits they pocketed for themselves, given different
layers of party and military officials involved in a typical illicit
operation. What appeared clear from the case, the police said, was that
North Korean agencies, increasingly hamstrung by international
sanctions, were exploring any new means to raise cash for Mr. Kim and
prove their loyalty."