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Two federal indictments were unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a North Korean Foreign Trade Bank (FTB) representative for his role in separate money laundering conspiracies designed to generate revenue for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea through the use of cryptocurrency. "The charges announced today respond to innovative attempts by North Korean operatives to evade sanctions by exploiting the technological features of virtual assets to facilitate payments and profits, and targeting virtual currency companies for theft," said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. "We will continue to work to disrupt and deter North Korean actors and those who aid them by following the money on the blockchain and shining a light on their conduct." According to court documents, Sim Hyon Sop (Sim), 39, is charged with allegedly conspiring with over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency traders...

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Gary Illyes from Google spoke about the topic of a website dropping in rankings for a single keyword or single keyword phrase while ranking fine for others. Can it happen? And if it does happen, what should you look out for? This question came up in the latest Google SEO office hours at the 10:23 mark where Gary from Google said that it would be "really uncommon that you would completely lose rankings for just one keyword." The question asked was, "Is there a way that my site was deleted from SERP for one certain keyword? We were 1st and now we are absent completely. Page is in the index." Gary said if you do see that happen, it "usually" means you were "out-ranked by someone else in search results." What happens if you really did disappear for that one keyword phrase? Gary said: (1) Check to make sure that this is not a regional thing where you rank well in one region but you don't rank in another region. "I would check if that's ...

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This article is a preview of The Tech Friend newsletter. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. I Googled "free credit report." It led me into a financial nightmare. Don't make the same mistake. The U.S. government requires each of the three major credit rating companies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — to give you a free copy of your credit report at least once a year. In a change made due to the pandemic, you are entitled to free weekly online credit reports until the end of 2023. There's a government-authorized website, AnnualCreditReport.com, where you can see those files from the three credit companies. But you can't count on Google to point you in the right direction. If you search "free credit report" or similar terms, what you'll probably see first are links to websites that pay Google to siphon your time, your personal information and possibly your money. Essentially, Google's advertising steers you away from...