In late July an FBI official disclosed that a North Korean operative had worked as a remote IT contractor inside a U.S. federal agency for months before anyone caught it. Days later the FBI, the State Department, and six allied governments issued a joint alert: North Korean IT workers are using stolen identities and forged documents to land remote jobs at Western companies, then routing their paychecks back to Pyongyang to help fund its weapons programs. The Treasury Department puts the take at nearly $800 million in 2024 alone.
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