The headlines focus on missiles, but North Korea has mastered another lucrative export: fake IT workers. Infiltrating Western companies, including Fortune 500 giants, undercover operatives have funneled millions back to Kim Jong Un’s regime by posing as American developers.
These shadowy coders hold remote jobs, access sensitive data, and collect paychecks that fund the North’s nuclear ambitions by using stolen IDs, AI-generated personas, and American accomplices. With AI, your next coworker might dial in from Pyongyang—not Pittsburgh.
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