FBI: Thousands of remote IT workers sent wages to North Korea to help fund weapons program

Article Title: FBI: Thousands of remote IT workers sent wages to North Korea to help fund weapons program

Article Snip: "information technology workers contracting with U.S. companies secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic missile program...IT workers dispatched and contracted by North Korea to work remotely with companies in St. Louis and elsewhere in the U.S. have been using false identities to get the jobs. The money they earned was funneled to the North Korean weapons program, FBI leaders said at a news conference in St. Louis. ..."

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