Feds Bust N. Korean Identity Theft Ring Targeting US Firms

The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed charges and seizures against an alleged North Korea-run identity theft and employment fraud scheme that placed thousands of IT workers overseas (primarily in China and Russia) using stolen American identities to obtain remote employment at Fortune 500 firms; the operation reportedly accessed sensitive corporate data, affected over 300 U.S. companies, generated at least $6.8M in revenue for the workers, and involved arrests and financial/domain seizures as part of sanctions-evasion and money-laundering activity.