The Isle of Man Treasury has issued a sanctions update publicising the addition of two entities to the UK Sanctions List under the cyber sanctions regime as it has effect in the Isle of Man, making both entries subject to an asset freeze. The two entities are Integrity Technology Group Incorporated (a.k.a. Integrity Tech, formerly Beijing Integrity Technology Group) and Sichuan Anxun Information Technology Co., Ltd. (a.k.a. i-Soon). The stated reasons include alleged support for and involvement in relevant cyber activity, including Integrity Tech’s control and management of a botnet of over 260,000 compromised devices and provision of access used to target UK public sector IT systems, and i-Soon’s alleged malicious cyber activity involving exploitation of previously unknown vulnerabilities and unauthorised access to over 80 foreign government and private business networks, alongside enabling wider targeting of UK public sector and private industry IT systems. The notice also reiterates that, where a possible match is identified, institutions must immediately freeze relevant funds and economic resources, verify matches to avoid false positives, refrain from dealing with or making assets available without a legal exemption or licence, and report frozen assets and suspected breaches or blocked attempted transactions to the Financial Intelligence Unit, including where ownership or control links bring a corporate entity within scope.
The Treasury (Isle of Man) 2025-12-09
Isle of Man Treasury publicises asset-freeze designations of Integrity Technology Group and i-Soon under UK cyber sanctions
The Isle of Man Treasury added Integrity Technology Group Incorporated and Sichuan Anxun Information Technology Co., Ltd. to its sanctions list under the cyber sanctions regime, imposing an asset freeze. These entities are accused of supporting cyber activities like botnet management and exploiting vulnerabilities. Institutions must freeze assets, verify matches, and report to the Financial Intelligence Unit.