June 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced a crackdown on North Korea using people to pose as tech workers to earn money and steal sensitive information for the regime.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday that it had taken several enforcement actions against North Korea’s money-making operations, which rely on undercover remote IT workers inside ...

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The North Koreans didn't pay her for her final month of services. And she tried to do a GoFundMe. She tried to sell coloring books on Amazon. She did DoorDash one night and made $7.25 doing it.

The FBI says an Atlanta tech entrepreneur was targeted by North Korean criminals, according to a newly unsealed federal criminal indictment. “It felt like I was in a movie.

Now, leading businesses also face the risk that they may unknowingly employ undercover North Korean operatives in their remote tech support teams—a peril U.S. authorities this week moved to combat.

North Korea Infiltrates U.S. Remote Jobs—With the Help of Everyday Americans A LinkedIn message drew a former waitress in Minnesota into a type of intricate scam involving illegal paychecks and ...

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North Korean hackers operated a “laptop farm” scheme that used fake identities to land remote US tech jobs and illegally collect $17.1 million in wages.

June 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced a crackdown on North Korea using people to pose as tech workers to earn money and steal sensitive information for the regime.