Article 6XAGM How North Korean scammers land lucrative remote jobs at top firms

How North Korean scammers land lucrative remote jobs at top firms

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editors@theworld.org (Joyce Hackel)
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The resume looks legit. A software developer appears to be based in the US or Europe with the skills needed to assist a major Western firm. The catch is the IT worker is actually working for North Korea and is funneling cash back to the hermit kingdom. Michael Barnhart, an investigator at the cybersecurity firm DTEX, tells host Carolyn Beeler about new efforts to counter the scheme.

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