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North Koreans Use Stolen IDs, AI to Land U.S. Jobs

Wall Street Journal US Business •
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Using stolen identities, AI tools and U.S. accomplices, North Korea operatives have cheated their way into remote jobs at American companies—funneling millions of dollars back to Kim Jong Un’s regime. Our team spent a year investigating how this happened, drawing on a trove of leaked data, interviews and never-before-seen video. The result is a rare look inside how North Korea’s undercover workers get hired.

Billions in tariff refunds are turbocharging company earnings, and Midwesterners show the limits of the far-left North Korea has built a secret workforce inside American companies. The investigation reveals how stolen identities and AI create a perfect storm, enabling operatives to slip past hiring systems.

We encourage you to watch our new documentary, “Infiltrated: North Korea’s Secret U.S. Workforce,” to see how Pyongyang’s scheme works. It’s a riveting story full of extraordinary revelations and surreal moments.

Separately, Cubans are suffering through hot, sleepless nights and trudging through exhaustion and hunger by day. Conversations with people on the island show a nation that feels under siege.