North Korean IT worker infiltrations exploded 220% over the past 12 months, with gen AI weaponized at every stage of the hiring process

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un attending a meeting with a committee of the Workers' Party of Korea about the test of a hydrogen bomb, at an unknown location. North Korea said it detonated a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile on September 3 and called its sixth and most powerful nuclear test a "perfect success", sparking world condemnation and promises of tougher US sanctions. (Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)

• The North Korean IT worker conspiracy is ramping up in intensity, with the regime’s software developers getting hired at hundreds of new companies in the past year, despite scrutiny from law enforcement and security firms. CrowdStrike cybersecurity expert Adam Meyers said the company investigates about one incident a day at this point because the attacks have grown so prolific. 

Terrifying new fronts have emerged in a highly successful employment-fraud scheme in which trained North Korean operatives get jobs at companies around the globe under fake or stolen identities.