"Trilateral Alliance Intensifies Efforts to Combat North Korean Cyber Threats"

National security officials from the U.S., South Korea, and Japan held a trilateral meeting to discuss North Korea's cryptocurrency thefts and its weapons program. The meeting focused on initiatives to address regional crises, share ballistic missile defense data, and respond to North Korea's use of cryptocurrency to fund its illicit weapons of mass destruction programs. The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned multiple entities and individuals involved in laundering stolen funds, including crypto mixers and developers of privacy tools.