Amazon says over 1,800 North Koreans blocked from applying for jobs at tech giant
The Straits Times1 day
Amazon's detectionidentification of overmore than 1,800 North Korean job applicants demonstrateshighlights the alarming sophistication of Pyongyang's cyber operations targetingaimed at American companies. These operatives useutilize stolen identities and laptop farms to infiltrate tech firms, funnelingredirecting wages directly back to fundfinance the regime's weapons programs. TheThis threat extends farwell beyond Amazon, withas fraudsters generatinggenerate millions in illicit revenue while evading sanctions through increasingly elaborate schemes.
The threat posed by North Korean IT workerworkers threatis represents a massive,significant industry-wide security crisis that demandsrequires immediateurgent actionattention acrossfrom the entire tech sector. WithCybercriminals cybercriminalshave stealingstolen over $3 billion in just three years, and infiltrating hundreds of Fortune 500 companies,. thisThis isn'tissue anextends isolatedbeyond Amazon; problemit butis a coordinated assaultattack on American businessbusinesses. The North Korean regime'’s cyber unit, consisting of 6,000-strong cybermembers, unit operates globally, making every remote IT hire a potential national security risk.
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