FBI's Hemmen Finds A North Korean Impostor Inside A US Agency
Washington and ten allied nations signed a joint alert blaming stolen identities and laptop farms for up to $600 million reaching Pyongyang yearly.
- FBI's Todd Hemmen said July 28 a North Korean worker landed a job inside a federal agency.
- The July 31 alert was signed by the US and ten allied nations, including Japan and Britain.
- UN estimates put North Korea's remote-worker earnings at $250 million to $600 million a year.
Why it matters: A federal agency that cannot verify whom it hires has already lost the security it claims to defend.
U.S. State Department (with FBI and international partners), joint alert on North Korean IT workers ↗ · Sep 6, 20269/6/26