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North Korean operatives stole $2 billion last year—and financial firms are the next target

A new CrowdStrike report shared exclusively with Fortune reveals DPRK-linked hackers tripled their attack pace in a single quarter and U.S. financial firms are in their crosshairs.

North Korean IT workers are stealing remote jobs and raking in billions—and Americans are helping them do it

North Korean IT workers are stealing remote jobs and raking in billions—and Americans are helping them do it

“North Korean IT worker schemes would not be successful without U.S.-based facilitators,” wrote Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg in an April sentencing memo.

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

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

The Department of Justice announced the sentencing of the U.S. nationals that have been convicted of running laptop farms that allowed North Korean workers to pose as American residents and work at American tech firms.

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Lazarus and Kimsuky prove why infrastructure-level analysis is crucial for cybersecurity

Infrastructure hunting is no longer a supporting discipline. It is the vantage point.

North Korean workers in Russia allowed only one shower a year and ‘treated worse than cattle’

Kim Jong Un’s overseas labour programme has forced thousands of North Koreans to live under life-threatening conditions across Russian cities, with their basic rights curtailed, to fund the authoritarian state’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, experts tell Arpan Rai

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North Korea's crypto thieving went into overdrive in 2025, with one firm estimating it's responsible for roughly 60% of the $3.4 billion stolen in total

The regime may have made off with more than $2B last year.

Amazon is reportedly being deluged with North Korean job applicants eager to break inside its walls

Amazon detections are up 27%, with Microsoft also worried about North Korean remote job applications.

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North Korean hackers stole record $2 billion in crypto in 2025, including single heist worth $1.5 billion, report claims — rogue state accounts for 60% of all reported crypto thefts this year, $6.75 billion total since records began

North Korean hackers stole record $2 billion in crypto in 2025, including single heist worth $1.5 billion, report claims — rogue state accounts for 60% of all reported crypto thefts this year, $6.75 billion total since records began

Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis says DPRK has set a record for 2025, with the regime expected to execute more sophisticated attacks in the future.

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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

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

A North Korean imposter was uncovered, working as a sysadmin at Amazon U.S., after their keystroke input lag raised suspicions with security specialists at the online retail giant.

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Kim Jong Un’s sister says war games show South Korea has ‘dual personality’

Kim Jong Un’s sister says war games show South Korea has ‘dual personality’

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, dismisses South Korean president’s latest outreach as hypocrisy

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North Korea says US must accept its status as a nuclear weapons state

North Korea says US must accept its status as a nuclear weapons state

North Korean leader’s powerful sister says talks aimed at denuclearisation would be interpreted as a ‘mockery’.

Six signs North Korea has agents in your company

Six signs North Korea has agents in your company

North Korea’s shadow IT workforce is a global, for-profit operation embedding operatives inside major companies.

North Korean operative reveals the inner workings of the IT scam infiltrating the Fortune 500 — ‘They had no idea that we were from North Korea’

North Korean operative reveals the inner workings of the IT scam infiltrating the Fortune 500 — ‘They had no idea that we were from North Korea’

Thousands of IT workers are trapped inside a global operation that funds North Korea’s weapons program, but one managed to escape.

North Korean operatives and American accomplices accused in massive fraud that infiltrated the Fortune 500 and stole millions

North Korean operatives and American accomplices accused in massive fraud that infiltrated the Fortune 500 and stole millions

The Justice Department, in a series of indictments, has laid out the use of front companies as a way to further the North Korean IT worker scheme.

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Executions, forced labour and starvation persist in North Korea, UN official says

Increased repression post-pandemic in the isolated country, says human rights expert

North Korea's only Steam user disappeared yesterday, but not to worry: They're back and gaming harder than ever

Probably ragequit a CS match. Been there, man.

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North Korea suffered more than 6,000 casualties in Ukraine, UK intelligence says

North Korea’s total casualties amount to more than half of the approximately 11,000 DPRK troops initially deployed to Kursk, says UK

‘Anthony from Staten Island’ said he developed a chat tool for Meta. His entire identity was fake.

A suspected North Korean IT worker tried to get a tech role at an identity verification firm.

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Chinese companies are secretly powering North Korea’s global IT workers scheme

A host of Chinese front companies could be helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate U.S. businesses, a report reveals.

North Korean IT worker scheme infiltrated an American election campaign website

Software developers from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea continue to conceal their identities to get jobs with American firms in violation of international sanctions.

North Korean IT workers are spamming tech firms with fake résumés. One founder says he came up with 'a foolproof way' of weeding them out

Trained North Korean engineers are getting legitimate jobs in tech to fund their country’s weapons of mass destruction program.

Google warns North Korean spies are gaining positions in Western firms

North Korean hackers are posing as legitimate IT workers, Google experts warn.

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A holiday to North Korea is ‘like a school trip’ says operator behind new tour as isolated nation reopens

Exclusive: ‘You enjoy and endure a trip to North Korea in equal measure,’ says Simon Cockerell of Koryo Tours

International Business Times

Hyperliquid Sees Massive Outflows Amid Concerns Over Alleged Presence Of North Korea-Linked Hackers

A security researcher's revelation about the supposed presence of North Korea-linked hackers within the Hyperliquid platform has triggered a staggering $502 million in outflows.

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North Korean troops so 'poorly trained' that Putin army yet to throw them into battle, say western officials

The DPRK soldiers are expected to be used in the fight for the Kursk region of Russia

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