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Ministry of State Security

Export controlled · Sanctioned entity

Ministry of State Security is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Organization				[sources]
Name	Ministry of State Security				[sources]
Other name	State Security Department				[sources]
Legal form	not available				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Description	Linked to the execution of cyberattacks by North Korean cyberthreat actors.				[sources]
Unique Entity ID	`RUXXCLNJCTS9`				[sources]
Status	not available				[sources]
Address	Korea, North				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-08-09	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2023-04-20

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United States of America	Office of Foreign Assets Control		-	-

Agents
Agent	Role	Start date	End date
Song Nam Kang Export controlled · Sanctioned entity	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
ScarCruft	ScarCruf (APT 37) is subordinate to the Ministry of State Security	-	-

Members
Member	Role	Start date	End date
Yong Chol Jo Export controlled · Sanctioned entity · Counter-sanctioned entity	Official	-	-

Data sources

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List34,450

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States of America · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)22,182

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.

United States of America · ITA

DPRK Reports5,506

A database of entities and events related to North Korea's sanctions evasion efforts.

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

US SAM Procurement Exclusions105,395

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States of America · GSA

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List9,875

Entities subject to export restrictions due to concerns about the end-use or end-users, particularly relating to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other military applications.

Taiwan · MOEA

Source data IDs: kprusi-a7960f3a0a14aa585dc9e95c22622c2ce3a64a41 · usgsa-s4mrvrppy · tw-shtc-fb96e97539129a4da31dbb923a169683b2440696 · ofac-20129 · tw-shtc-ece0420798b82dd52c2826d773522166fcff75e2

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