Nations Sanctions: Recognition Software and Records Show

nations sanctions: However, online records show the restaurant could also be a cover for a company selling high-tech facial recognition software, according to CNN. Two prominent US think tanks say the sales could be a possible violation of United Nations sanctions imposed in 2017, which had intended to clamp down on businesses generating cash to support leader Kim Jong Un's regime. Inside, waitresses meander about serving cold noodles and kimchi to customers. Our understanding is that programmers who are working overseas generate as much as hundreds of thousands of US dollars for the regime every year, so they have a disproportionate capacity to raise funds overseas, said Jason Arterburn, an analyst specializing in North Korea and China at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies, which is better known by its acronym C4ADS. Furthermore, experts warn that North Korean software designers who create and sell these products online could be building hidden back doors for Pyongyang's well-trained hackers to exploit. The UN Panel of Experts on North Korea, the body charged with monitoring sanctions enforcement, did not respond to an email seeking comment. Read More Profits through software North Korea is barred from selling weapons abroad -- though the UN alleges that the country is still attempting to do so -- but it's not clear if high-tech software that isn't used for military purposes is subject to that arms embargo. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.