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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Us tech sector unknowingly funding north korea s weapons program through fake hires report - What They Never Told You

The North Korean flag files over the North Korean embassy in Beijing, 18 July 2007.

The US tech sector is inadvertently funding North Korea's nuclear and missile programs through a growing scam involving fake hires, a recent report reveals.

Thousands of North Korean citizens, posing as American software engineers, have been hired by top companies, funneling their salaries back to Kim Jong Un's regime to support illegal weapons development.

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