North Korean hackers pose as potential employees of multinational companies to make money for the DPRK and steal corporate secrets. Cybersecurity researchers reported this at the annual Cyberwarcon conference, TechCrunch reports.
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North Korean criminals have made billions of dollars in stolen cryptocurrency over the past decade to fund the country's nuclear weapons program and avoid international sanctions, experts say.
North Korean hackers have already infiltrated "hundreds" of companies around the world by creating fake identities and relying on US-based intermediaries to control workstations, said Microsoft security researcher James Elliott.
To get jobs at foreign companies, North Korean attackers pose as IT workers, recruiters and venture capital specialists, TechCrunch writes. Microsoft described on its blog one of the DPRK hacking groups, Sapphire Sleet, whose members stole cryptocurrency worth more than $10 million in six months (the year of which is not specified).
In May 2023, the US Treasury imposed sanctions against companies the department says are associated with pro-North Korea cybercrime. The ministry later indicated that DPRK authorities employ “thousands” of IT specialists around the world.
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