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North Korean IT Workers ‘Made Millions’ From US Companies

  • A group of North Korean IT workers have been indicted for allegedly making at least $88 million from fraudulently obtained US IT jobs and extortion payments.
  • The scheme involved using false identities of people in the US and other countries to gain IT jobs at US companies.
  • The workers received monthly wages of $10,000 and also stole sensitive information, threatening to publish it unless additional extortion payments were made.
  • The larger scheme is ongoing, and US authorities have disrupted one group while offering a reward of up to $5 million for information on the suspects and front companies.

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