02/07/2025
A new investigation from the Justice Department has uncovered North Koreans obtaining remote IT jobs at over 100 US companies with the help of people living in the US.
Federal agents also searched 29 known or suspected “laptop farms” in 16 states, which enabled the North Koreans to remotely connect to corporate-issued PCs without entering the US.
“Many Fortune 500 companies” and a California-based defense contractor have been infiltrated. “Once employed, the North Korean IT workers received regular salary payments, and they gained access to, and in some cases stole, sensitive employer information such as export controlled US military technology and virtual currency,” the Justice Department added.
To pull off the scheme, the North Koreans stole the identities of more than 80 US persons. They also received help from at least six people living in the US, including in California and New York.
