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US DOJ: North Korean IT workers infiltrated at least 70 companies via remote jobs

  • —DOJ tied North Korean IT workers to intrusions at at least 70 companies
  • —About 187 devices seized and over 40 Texas homes raided
  • —Stolen funds tied to the scheme estimated at roughly $3 million
  • —FBI: thousands of North Korea-controlled IT workers operate at Western firms
Why it matters: The fake-employment scheme remains a revenue channel for North Korea, which also funds crypto exchange hacks and developer attacks.
Source: DiarioBitcoin
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