North Korea has been placing remote workers in US companies, both to funnel money to Pyongyang and to steal information

A cybersecurity investigation infiltrated a network of around 20 operatives who had applied to at least 160,000 roles and were employed by five US-based companies. One worker stole military technology information; another gained access to government networks; others extorted money. Some workers are paid $300,000 a year, with up to 90% flowing to the regime: The North Korean unit is “super organized and very much metric-driven,” an analyst told NBC News. They would attend interviews all day, then once hired, “collect paychecks until they were terminated… rinse and repeat.”