North Korea's IT Worker Scam Generates $88 Million
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💻💰 North Korea’s elaborate IT worker scam nets $88 million over six years. The U.S. Department of Justice has unveiled a scheme where North Korean tech workers disguised their identities to secure remote jobs, generating at least $88 million for the regime. The indictment names two companies, Yanbian Silverstar in China and Volasys Silverstar in Russia, which allegedly employed around 130 North Korean workers, referred to as “IT warriors,” tasked with earning $10,000 monthly. The workers not only siphoned funds but also engaged in extortion by threatening to leak sensitive information. The FBI warns that this is just a fraction of the ongoing threat, as North Korea continues to deploy thousands of IT workers to target U.S. companies.
