“Fortune 500 companies have unwittingly hired thousands of software engineers who claim to be American developers but are actually North Korean citizens using stolen or fake identities.”
North Korean workers using stolen identities hold software jobs across the Fortune 500. The UN estimates $250 million to $600 million a year flows back to the regime. CrowdStrike counted 304 incidents last year. One founder says 95% of the résumés he gets look fake.