‘Fake workers’ from North Korea use AI to exploit European companies
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A “mini army” of North Korean IT operatives is increasingly using AI to pose as workers, secure jobs and earn wages at some of Europe’s biggest companies.
Cyber experts say the “fake worker” phenomenon stems almost exclusively from Kim Jong Un’s regime, which has become a global expert in full-scale deception to earn US dollars.
North Korean operatives posing as remote workers infiltrated more than 300 US companies between 2020 and 2024, generating at least $6.8mn for Pyongyang, according to Department of Justice figures.
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