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Ukrainian gets 5 years for helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate US tech firms (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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Oleksandr Didenko was sentenced to 5 years in US prison and ordered to forfeit $1.4 million for running a massive identity theft and "laptop farm" operation. His service provided over 870 stolen US identities and spoofed IP addresses, allowing North Korean operatives to bypass hiring checks and fraudulently secure remote tech jobs at 40 American companies. This scheme enabled the North Korean regime to secretly funnel lucrative US tech wages back home while establishing insider access to corporate networks.

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[–] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 6 days ago

This is hilarious, PDRK ballistic missile research was financed by US big tech.