Thousands of North Korean IT workers have used stolen and made-up US identities to pose as Western developers, engineers, and tech consultants to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars a year to Pyongyang’s military programs.

The North Koreans rely on help from #opensource #AI and even live face-masking software to hide their true identities and locations during video calls from countries such as China, Laos and Russia.

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2025/08/05/world/north-korea-it-worker-scheme-vis-intl-hnk/index.html

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