Treasury: Millions in crypto funded tools to exploit U.S. software, Treasury says in new sanctions

An Australian national was said to sell cyber tools designed for the U.S. government and its allies to a Russian company known as Operation Zero. What to know : The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned a Russian company and the individuals associated with it for dealing in stolen technology purchased with millions in cryptocurrency. The technology was designed by a defense contractor for use by the U.S. government, and one of the contractor's employees was said to have stolen it and sold it to Operation Zero, the target of the new sanctions.