The FBI has disrupted a ring of North Koreans posing as American IT workers to help fund Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.
After an investigation that spanned at least a half-decade, the feds have interrupted a scheme that exploited online freelance job sites “to circumvent U.S. sanctions and earn money forannounced the seizure of 12 web domains North Korea allegedly set up to masquerade as legitimate U.S.-based tech firms. The feds also seized at least $1.1 million held in online accounts by North Korean agents pretending to be Americans.
On its site, Eden claimed to be an award-winning company with 21 employees who had developed 25 apps. Black-and-white portraits showed eight of the company’s “main developers.” In reality, these people did not exist, according to the FBI. Greenberg said the issue is so widespread that any U.S. business owner who is not yet aware of it is likely already impacted.
Ultimately, Individual 1 had four laptops in their home in the United States, which the North Korean agents used through remote access software, the FBI says.went like this: “Hi, Thank you for your interesting . As I mentioned, I want to loan your upwork account . You will have to create upwork freelancer account under your name and photo. And I will have access of that account and will use via team viewer. I need 24/7 Teamviewer access. I will pay you money each month.
The team went to great lengths to conceal their identities, according to the FBI. Seized emails show one email account operated by the group was used to pay for multiple fake U.S. drivers licenses, passports, and bank statements, according to the warrant. The group also maintained a cloud storage drive containing resumes, job descriptions, interview scripts and spreadsheets cataloging the revenue, the FBI found.
To bypass this issue, the North Korean agents would sometimes “either pay or deceive non-North Koreans to interview for jobs for them," the FBI concluded. “These non-North Koreans may not be aware that the IT workers are North Korean.”
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