North Korean operatives infiltrate U.S. companies

Thousands of North Korean operatives posing as IT workers are applying for remote jobs at U.S. companies, and many are getting hired. Using stolen American identities, U.S.-based “laptop farms” and artificial intelligence to write résumés and help answer interview questions, Kim Jong Un’s regime is exploiting the remote-work economy to get its workers inside American companies. In 2024 alone, the sprawling, state-directed workforce generated nearly $800 million for North Korea, according to the Treasury Department, helping the heavily sanctioned regime fund its weapons programs. “The North Korean regime targets American companies through deceptive schemes carried out by its overseas IT…