NORTH KOREA SENT ME ABROAD TO BE A SECRET IT WORKER. MY WAGES FUNDED THE REGIME

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North Korea sends thousands of IT workers abroad to secure remote jobs at Western companies using hundreds of fake identities, generating $250-600 million annually for the state. The workers use stolen identities from European citizens to apply for US and European tech jobs, often resulting in multiple North Koreans unknowingly hired by the same company. An estimated 85% of earnings are sent back to fund the regime. Security firms report interviewing dozens of suspected North Korean IT workers who use AI face-swapping technology and work from locations where it's never daytime during supposed US business hours.