The U.S. is warning North Korean workers are trying to find IT jobs by hiding their identities
The U.S. believes workers are seeking to steal money for their home country.
Many of them are allegedly pretending to be from other parts of Asia, according to three U.S. agencies.
The State Department says thousands of highly skilled IT workers are sent around the world to generate revenue to help with North Korea’s weapons production.
“The DPRK [North Korea] dispatches thousands of highly skilled IT workers around the world to generate revenue that contributes to its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programmes, in violation of US and UN sanctions.”
U.S. State Department
If North Korea is employing workers to fund its missiles program, the move would be in violation of U.N. international sanctions.
“The United States is committed to disrupting illicit DPRK revenue-generating activities, which may facilitate criminal activity, provide direct support to the DPRK’s unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs, and threaten international peace and security,” the U.S. State Department said in a statement.
The country has conducted several missile tests in recent months, including a banned intercontinental ballistic missile.
