The U.S. Department of Justice took significant action against a North Korean IT worker scheme. This effort resulted in the arrest of one individual, as well as the seizure of 29 financial accounts, 21 fraudulent websites, and nearly 200 computers. North Korean IT workers, supported by accomplices in other countries, obtained employment with over 100 U.S. companies. Through this scheme, they have generated illegal revenues and accessed sensitive information, posing significant security risks.
The North Korean IT worker scheme has become one of the crucial cogs in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK) revenue generation machine in a manner that bypasses international sanctions. The fraudulent operation... involves North Korean actors obtaining employment with U.S. companies as remote IT workers, using a mix of stolen and fictitious identities. They receive regular salary payments and gain access to proprietary employer information, including export controlled U.S. military technology and virtual currency.
Once they land a job, the IT workers receive regular salary payments and gain access to proprietary employer information, including export controlled U.S. military technology and virtual currency. In one incident, the IT workers are alleged to have secured jobs at an unnamed Atlanta-based blockchain research and development company and stole over $900,000 in digital assets.
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