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Confirm the MSMT report contains the finding that DPRK routinely violates UNSC resolutions via malicious cyber and IT worker activities that fund WMD and missile programs.
Multiple official documents describing the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) report confirm that it concludes North Korea violates UN Security Council resolutions through cyber operations and IT worker deployments, and that these activities generate revenue for its weapons programs. The joint MSMT governments’ statement on the report explicitly says the report covers the DPRK’s “violations and evasions of United Nations Security Council resolutions…through cyber operations and information technology (IT) worker activities” and that these activities have allowed the DPRK to “steal and fraudulently obtain billions of dollars for its unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.” A U.S. Treasury sanctions release, citing the same MSMT report by name, reiterates that DPRK cybercrime and IT worker schemes fund the regime’s WMD and ballistic missile programs. Independent analysis of the MSMT report by 38 North also describes DPRK IT workers and cyber operations as a sanctions‑evasion, revenue‑generation mechanism tied to UN‑designated entities involved in weapons development. Therefore, the statement accurately reflects the core findings attributed to the MSMT report. The verdict is True because high‑quality primary and secondary sources consistently state that the MSMT report finds DPRK malicious cyber and IT worker activities both violate UNSC resolutions and generate revenue for its unlawful WMD and ballistic missile programs.