North Korean IT professionals working remotely as freelancers in the United States secretly sent millions of dollars of their salaries to North Korea’s ballistic missile program for years. The agency writes about this Associated pressCiting officials from the FBI and the United States Department of Justice.
IT experts in St. He was reportedly sent on contract to work remotely with companies in St. Louis and other American cities. They used fictitious backgrounds and fake documents to find jobs.
According to FBI Special Agent Jay Greenberg, IT experts used various methods to create the impression that they were working in the United States. The special agent noted that, for example, they pay Americans to use Wi-Fi at home.
Before recognizedIt was revealed that North Korean hackers tried to interfere with the military exercises of South Korea and the USA.
Previously reportedNorth Korean citizens are forging their resumes to steal cryptocurrencies from foreign companies.