What is North Korea doing?

It has dispatched thousands of homegrown IT specialists to pose online as U.S.-based remote workers and get tech jobs at American companies. Often working from China or Russia , where the internet is more reliable than in North Korea , the impostors apply for gigs as app developers, software engineers, and tech consultants. Individual operatives often work multiple jobs and earn up to $300,000 a year, 90% to 95% of which is sent back to the regime of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un , according to the U.S. government. The computer activity of these workers is under constant digital surveillance by Pyongyang: If they search for sexually explicit material, or for news reports on Kim, their activity is flagged to the regime. Experts believe that thousands of

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