North Korean IT workers advisory: signs to watch for
How UK businesses in the IT, crypto and electronic payments sectors should guard against IT workers from DPRK channelling income to DPRK - in breach of sanctions.
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The DPRK deploys highly skilled IT workers abroad to fraudulently gain employment with companies in the UK, US and elsewhere, and raise revenue for the DPRK regime. These workers primarily operate from Russia and China, but also other parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
They often pose as remote, non-DPRK nationals to secure freelance contracts and use a variety of techniques to mask links to the DPRK, including false representation of identity, nationality and location.
This advisory outlines common practices used by DPRK IT workers when soliciting work with UK firms, as well as associated red flags.