Thousands of North Korean IT workers have infiltrated the Fortune 500

Guy54435

North Korean citizens using fake or stolen identities are funneling their salaries to Kim Jong Un.
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Thousands of North Korean IT workers have infiltrated the Fortune 500—and they keep getting hired for more jobs, Fortune 500 companies have unwittingly hired thousands of software engineers who claim to be American developers but are actually North Korean citizens using stolen or fake identities. Through legitimate employment, the IT workers are illegally funneling their salaries to Kim Jong Un’s regime to fund prohibited weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. The U.S. Treasury, State Department, and FBI collectively estimate the IT workers scam has generated hundreds of millions each year since 2018. Continued

Hope I have this in the right area.

egeezer

Guy54435
I thought this was priceless;

" ‘Say something negative about Kim Jong Un,’ Leggio tells potential job candidates, referring to the third-generation authoritarian Supreme Leader of North Korea, officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Through research, Leggio learned insulting the DPRK’s Supreme Leader is forbidden, and North Korean citizens could face serious punishment for showing anything less than reverence.

‘The first time I ever did it, the person started freaking out and cursing,’ said Leggio.' "

Rook

From the link:

In the Arizona case, a 49-year-old woman outside Phoenix helped North Korean coconspirators get jobs at Fortune 500 banks, a television network, aerospace manufacturer, car manufacturer, and a Silicon Valley tech company, court documents show. Using 60 stolen identities, she helped the IT workers get jobs at 300 companies that paid them millions for their work.

I’m not sure what’s worse: the paychecks from American companies going to North Korea, or that people whose allegiance is to North Korea have inside access to American banks and an aerospace manufacturer (and who knows what else).