U.S. officials have warned businesses against hiring IT staff from North Korea. Rogue freelances are taking advantage of remote work opportunities to hide their true identities and earn money for North Korea’s government, according to a new advisory issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and State and Treasury departments.
This effort is intended to bypass U.S. and U.N. sanctions, as well as bring in financial resources for North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, according to Reuters. “There are thousands of DPRK IT workers both dispatched overseas and located within the DPRK, generating revenue that is remitted back to the North Korean government,” the advisory stated.