Any organization is at risk: During a media briefing, senior DOJ and FBI officials noted that at least one of the organizations that had unknowingly contracted the illicit workers was a government contractor, but, they said, anyone in the US posting jobs for remote workers is at risk.”The threat posed by DPRK operatives is both real and immediate. Thousands of North Korean cyber operatives have been trained and deployed by the regime to blend into the global digital workforce and systematically target US companies,” said US Attorney Leah B. Foley for the District of Massachusetts. “We will continue to work relentlessly to protect US businesses and ensure they are not inadvertently fueling the DPRK’s unlawful and dangerous ambitions.”The US State Department is offering rewards of up to $5 million for information leading to the “disruption of financial mechanisms of persons engaged in certain activities that support North Korea.”
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