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North Koreans behind nearly half of US tech industry hacks, says CrowdStrike (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-10 | by Zack Whittaker | get Cybersecurity Software Suite → | tags: hackers, korean, north

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North Korean fake remote worker scam lands two Americans 18-month prison sentences for hosting laptops — US firms unknowingly shipped laptops to “employees” who secretly worked from overseas via remote desktop, generating $1.2 million for Pyongyang (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Etiido Uko | get VPN Proxy for Remote Work → | tags: north korean, remote desktop protocol, laptops

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Lost in translation: The linguistic challenges facing N. Korean defectors (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-01 | by Moon Dong Wook | get Language Learning for Korean → | tags: north korean defectors, hangul, pyongyang dialect

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Two New Jersey men jailed for helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate 100+ companies (techspot.com)

2026-04-17 | get Cybersecurity Training Kit → | tags: north korean, doj, edison nj

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Two US citizens get combined 16 years in prison for running North Korean laptop farms — fake remote IT work scheme netted DPRK $5 million in around three years (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-16 | by Jowi Morales | get Cybersecurity VPN Router → | tags: north korean laptop farms, wire fraud, dprk

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US nationals behind DPRK IT worker 'laptop farm' sent to prison (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-16 | get Laptop Farm Security Kit → | tags: dprk, north korean, remote it workers

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Drift loses $280 million North Korean hackers seize Security Council powers (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-02 | get Cybersecurity USB Data Block → | tags: drift protocol, solana blockchain, elliptic

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North Korean hackers blamed for hijacking popular Axios open-source project to spread malware (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-31 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Cybersecurity Software Suite → | tags: axios, npm, north korean hackers

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North Korean fake IT army of 100,000 nets Kim Jong-Un a cool $500 million a year — NK-aligned workers infiltrated in IT companies worldwide, feeding the nation's revenue generation (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Cybersecurity Training Kit → | tags: north korean, ibm x-force, blockchain technology

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Ukrainian man jailed for identity theft that helped North Koreans get jobs at US companies (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-20 | by Zack Whittaker | get Microsoft → | tags: didenko, korean, koreans

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Ukrainian man jailed for identity theft that helped North Koreans get jobs at US companies (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-20 | by Zack Whittaker | get Microsoft → | tags: didenko, korean, koreans

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Ukrainian gets 5 years for helping North Koreans infiltrate US firms (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-20 | get Smartphone → | tags: didenko, identities, korean

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Amazon blocks 1,800 job applications from suspected North Korean agents (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2025-12-23 | get Amazon Echo → | tags: applications, job applications, korean

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Over 1,800 North Korean applicants flood Amazon — suspected illicit applicants blocked by the company since April 2024 (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-21 | by Jowi Morales | get E-commerce platform → | tags: amazon, applicants, korean

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North Korean infiltrator caught working in Amazon IT department thanks to lag — 110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true location (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-18 | by Mark Tyson | get Smartphone → | tags: amazon, dprk, north

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Five convicted for helping North Korean IT workers pose as Americans and secure jobs at U.S. firms — over 240 companies were victimized by the scam (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-15 | by Jowi Morales | get IT workers → | tags: korean, north, north korean

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Five People Plead Quilty To Helping North Koreans Infiltrate US Companies (slashdot.org)

2025-11-15 | get Smartphone → | tags: identities, korean, koreans

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New PC gaming cafe photographed in North Korea — rare pictures of 'Pyongyang PC bang' gaming above the 38th parallel (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-03 | by Mark Tyson | get gaming keyboard → | tags: bang, korea, korean