Ransomware Sanctions, OFAC, and the Lazarus Group: A Real Case Study

Podcast: The Backup Wrap-Up · W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup)

Opublikowano: 2026-04-20

Ransomware sanctions are something most companies never think about — until they're staring down a ransom demand from a group the US government has already put on a sanctions list. In this episode, Dr. Mike Saylor walks us through a real incident involving a construction company, hundreds of millions in active contracts, and the Lazarus Group — a North Korean state-sponsored threat actor. Before that company could pay a single dollar in ransom, they had to figure out whether doing so would trigger federal penalties that dwarfed the ransom itself. We're talking fines of 10x to 100x the payment amount, and in s...