North Korea IT worker scheme expanding to more industries, countries outside of US tech sector

North Korea is rapidly expanding its illicit IT worker scheme beyond the U.S. tech sector, successfully obtaining interviews and potentially employment at companies in dozens of industries across the world. 

Cybersecurity giant Okta published a report on outlining its continuing research into the IT worker campaign, which has seen North Korea illegally place thousands of its citizens in high-paying roles at U.S. companies to circumvent sanctions and earn millions of dollars for Pyongyang’s military. 

Using fake IDs or stolen documents, North Korea initially focused on getting its citizens hired at cryptocurrency companies and other blockchain-related firms. Before long, most Fortune 500 companies had interviewed or hired a North Korean IT worker.

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