- A key component to a scheme developed by North Koreans in getting remote-work tech jobs is working with Americans on mainland soil to serve as a facilitator or proxy—in exchange for hefty fees. A cybersecurity expert posed as an American willing to go along with the IT worker plot to learn the ins and outs of the blueprint U.S. authorities estimate has generated hundreds of millions for North Korea, and impacted hundreds of Fortune 500 companies.
The message Aidan Raney sent to a Fiverr profile he learned was being manned 24/7 by North Korean engineers looking to recruit American accomplices was simple and straightforward.
