Thousands of North Korean IT Workers Using VPNs and ‘Laptop Farms’ to Bypass Origin Verification

Since at least 2018, a covert network of thousands of North Korean IT contractors has infiltrated global technology and infrastructure firms by masquerading as legitimate freelancers. These operatives, operating under fabricated identities with AI-generated headshots, routinely use VPN services and “laptop farms” to disguise their geographic origins and circumvent platform verification checks. Posing as developers, […]

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