N Korea made millions from remote work scheme, US says (www.bbc.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 13 Dec 23:10
https://lemmy.world/post/23112249

Summary

A U.S. federal court has indicted 14 North Koreans for allegedly running a scheme where thousands of North Korean IT workers used stolen identities to secure remote jobs with U.S. companies, generating $88 million over six years for Pyongyang’s weapons programs.

Workers, dubbed “IT Warriors,” were employed by North Korean-controlled firms in China and Russia and also extorted U.S. firms by stealing sensitive data.

The suspects remain in North Korea, but the U.S. is offering a $5 million reward for information.

Officials warn this is part of a broader, ongoing operation.

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ramsorge@discuss.online on 14 Dec 00:45 next collapse

Pretty sneaky.

UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 00:55 next collapse

Meanwhile, I can’t even get to the interview stage…

jol@discuss.tchncs.de on 15 Dec 04:19 collapse

Move to NK then

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 02:02 next collapse

Are they going after the Americans that aided and abetted this?

uis@lemm.ee on 14 Dec 04:03 next collapse

running a scheme where thousands of North Korean IT workers used stolen identities to secure remote jobs with U.S. companies, generating $88 million over six years for Pyongyang’s weapons programs.

So, their “scheme” was getting a job?

PlantJam@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 23:25 collapse

This blog post explains the situation well. KnowBe4 is an IT security company that briefly hired someone in North Korea.

blog.knowbe4.com/how-a-north-korean-fake-it-worke…

Eezyville@sh.itjust.works on 14 Dec 04:33 next collapse

Dey took our jorbs!!

wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 05:26 collapse

In other words it’s time to crack down on working from home and all other remote work