The US Department of Justice class=”link ” href=”https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-nationwide-actions-combat-illicit-north-korean-government” data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:has announced;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>has announced that five people have pleaded guilty to helping North Koreans defraud US companies by pretending to be US-based remote workers. North Korea has previously used class=”link ” href=”https://www.engadget.com/2018-09-17-north-korea-hiding-online-identities-evade-us-un-sanctions.html” data-i13n=”cpos:2;pos:1″ data-ylk=”slk:fake identities;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>fake identities and the direct manipulation of class=”link ” href=”https://www.engadget.com/google-north-korean-campaign-security-researchers-060603985.html” data-i13n=”cpos:3;pos:1″ data-ylk=”slk:US cybersecurity workers;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>US cybersecurity workers to circumvent international sanctions and funnel money into the country.
In this case, the people knew they were helping North Koreans, the DOJ says, and “provided their own, false, or stolen identities” to help the remote workers get…
