North Korean ‘spy’ charged over NHS cyber attack

US prosecutors have charged North Korea’s Park Jin Hyok over his alleged involvement in creating the malware that shut down the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) in 2017. Authorities also claim Park, who they believe is still in North Korea, is linked to hacker collective the Lazarus Group, which they accuse of several damaging hacks, including an attack on Sony Pictures in 2014. Park has been charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, and wire fraud.