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Five people plead guilty to helping North Koreans infiltrate US companies as ‘remote IT workers’

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Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2025-11-14

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced guilty pleas from five facilitators who helped North Korean operators secure remote IT jobs at U.S. companies using stolen or false identities, hosted company laptops to provide remote access, and assisted with vetting procedures; the scheme impacted 136 U.S. companies, generated roughly $2.2M for the regime and involved stolen cryptocurrency seizures tied to broader North Korean cybercrime targeting crypto platforms.

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